The best way to find cool kid books at the library, IMO, is to just find an interesting place in the Dewey Decimal System, sit down at that shelf, and start pulling off books.
This week, I found myself sorting through the 790 area where the math and word game books are located. I found a neat book titled CDC by William Steig.
This is a fun word play book. For example, the title CDC is code for "see the sea." The book is filled with such word puzzles. Can you guess this one: C U N 10-O-C ?
Be forewarned, if you check it out from the library, read it first. I didn't do this and there were a couple of questionable phases. Not horrible, but you may want to skip one or two. But then again, one clue is a saint.
The kids are really loving this book, plus this type of word play helps develop math skills, so I'm going to check out the prequel, CDB when I get to the library next time. That one is shelved in the Juvenile Easy section so is, hopefully, free of parental worry.
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This is so true. I love going to shelf areas and browsing with people rather than relying on the computer to find things. Computers can be helpful when you're lost or when you're trying to locate a particular title or author, but the good old Dewey Decimal System really works for subject searching.
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