Kiss a few princes and maybe you'll end up with one of the colorful amphibians featured in this version of the Scramble Squares challenge. Easy to Play, but Hard to Solve is the motto for this deceptively simple-looking puzzle. By the time you've become addicted and find yourself unable to solve the thing, you'll realize it's not so much a motto as a warning. Nine colorfully illustrated cardboard 4-by-4-inch squares depict various unfinished images of Blue Poison Dart frogs, North American bullfrogs, Cranwell's Horned frogs, Golden Mantellas, and Red-eyed tree frogs along their edges. The images must be matched and the nine squares arranged in a larger square. An ingenious, elegantly executed puzzle idea, Scramble Squares will have you simultaneously blessing and cursing its inventor. --Claire Dederer
Scramble Squares are nine piece tessellation puzzles that are "Easy to Play, But Hard to Solve", for ages four to 104 in 56 styles of brilliant original art on topics of nature, sports, history, culture, science, technology, hobbies and activities. You can unscramble the nine 4" x 4" square pieces by perfectly matching the beautiful illustrations on the squares' edge, while forming a 12" x 12" square. Sound easy? It's not! Can you unscramble the squares without scrambling your brain? Each puzzle comes with a panel of fascinating facts on its subject and a trivia quiz and answer in convenient three hole punched resealable clear vinyl pouch for easy storage and travel.