Each page holds a riddle like: “Your pet lizard has escaped and you’ve got to find him right away because your parents’ guests are due to arrive in thirty minutes! Use the clues to draw a path to your lizard’s hiding place.” The grid holds pictures of possible hiding places and to figure out which item he’s hiding behind, you need to solve the addition problems. Each problem has the form 4 + __ = 8 (W). Using the missing number and directional cues (N, E, W, S) found in parentheses as above, you start at the black star in the grid and travel the appropriate number of spaces in the direction given for each problem. 

Every puzzle maps out addition practice! Kids will find the fish hiding a valuable coin, help Peter Piper locate his basket of peppers, discover a new star in the cosmos and solve dozens of other mini-mysteries. Addition Adventures helps children practice simple addition skills with 21 equations per page, and gain valuable map reading skills as they travel north, south, east and west to find the final answer. This book includes 30 single-page mini-mysteries plus illustrated solutions. Outstanding as a springboard for creative writing and other cross-disciplinary applications. Softcover; 48 pages. Reproducible for single-classroom use.