Helene Hovanec in the news

Jim Horne, writer of the NY Times Wordplay blog, interviewed me. Here's the link:

http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/peddle/

Fred Piscop and Helene Hovanec - Wordplay Blog - NYTimes.com
A Monday Piscop puzzle and a chat with Will Shortz's "longest-running friend in the puzzle business."

About Helene Hovanec

Helene Hovanec is a former NYC and NJ elementary school teacher, who, 30 years ago, turned her passion into a career and embarked on a mission to become the world's preeminent children's puzzle creator. During that time Ms. Hovanec has authored 66 books, most of which are puzzle books for kids between the ages of three and 12. Her titles have sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

Ms. Hovanec has created puzzles and games for other media as well, including online, lectures, newspapers and digital gaming formats. In fact, she was the head writer on the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire™ digital kids edition.

Hovanec is also a major player in the puzzle world for grown-ups. With Will Shortz, crossword editor of The New York Times, she:

* Helped reinstate the annual conventions for The National Puzzlers' League
* Helped form The World Puzzle Federation
* Is the coordinator for the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

Ms. Hovanec holds a BA from Cornell University and a master's in early childhood education from Hunter College.

About puzzles4kids.local

Please browse the puzzles4kids.local website and look at our range of kids puzzle titles. While you're here, download some of our free puzzles. We hope you'll find that kids' puzzles are an effective learning tool that can help make your child smarter in school. Puzzles are also the perfect tool for home schoolers.

Teachers, feel free to download and use the free puzzles available on this site. For more information on using puzzles in the classroom contact Helene Hovanec at our Contact page.

The smartest people in the world do puzzles.

More Reading

Here's an article written by Claire S. Green, president of Parents' Choice Foundation, the nation's oldest nonprofit guide to quality children's media and toys. It's titled "What's in a Game" and explores the power of puzzles. Enjoy.

PUZZLE BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS - Helene Hovanec as author or editor

Creative Cruciverbalists (William Morrow)
Puzzling Through 1983 with Margaret Farrar (Simon and Schuster)
Sit & Solve CrissCross Puzzles (Sterling)
The Big Book of Riddles (Running Press)
The Great Puzzle Catalog (Consumer Guide)
The Puzzle Kings' Bafflers (Dell)
The Puzzlers' Paradise (Paddington Press)

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN - Helene Hovanec as author

Animuzzles (Scholastic)
Are We There Yet? (Scholastic)
Around The World In 80 Puzzles (Sterling)
Barnyard Puzzles & Games - with Patrick Merrell (Storey Publishing)
Brain Teasers for Young Einsteins (Sterling)
BrainStormers (Random House)
BrainStormers 2 (Random House)
California Raisins Activity Book
Christmas Puzzles (Sterling)
Crazy Crosswords (Putnam)
Crisscross Puzzles for Kids (Sterling)
Dinosaur Puzzles (Sterling)
Double-Clued Crosswords (Scholastic)
Funny Animal Puzzles (Sterling)
G.I. Joe Puzzle and Game Book (Marvel)
Ghostwriter - Doubletalk (Children's Television Network)
Ghostwriter - What's the Score? (Children's Television Network)
Halloween Puzzles - (Sterling)
Heathcliff's Fun in the Sun Book
Heathcliff's Summer Activity Book
How Do You Make A Skeleton Laugh? (Scholastic)
Marvel Super-Heroes Activity Book (Marvel)
Marvel Word Games Book (Marvel)
Monster Madness (Scholastic)
More Outrageous Crossword Puzzles and Word Games (St. Martin's Press)
My First Puzzles: Easy First Puzzles (Sterling)
My First Puzzles: Fun With Words (Sterling)
My First Puzzles: I Can Read Puzzles (Sterling)
My First Puzzles: Word Games (Sterling)
Numbzzles (Putnam)
Outrageous Crossword Puzzles and Word Games (St. Martin's Press)
Pencil Puzzle Activity Book (Tupperware)
Punchline Puzzles (Scholastic)
Random House Parent & Child Puzzles - Vol 1 - re-released as Funtime Family Puzzles
Random House Parent & Child Puzzles - Vol. 2 - re-released as Funtime Family Puzzles
Random House Parent & Child Quizzes
Richie Rich Activity Book (Marvel)
Riddle Ripoffs (Random House)
Riddled With Puzzles (Scholastic)
Stopwatch Puzzles (Sterling)
Sum Fun (Scholastic)
The Braingames Activity Book (Weekly Reader)
The Incredible Science Puzzle Challenge aka Science Puzzles for Young Einsteins (Sterling)
Think Fast! (Nickelodeon)
Tough Trivia For Kids (Sterling)
What Does Santa Have For Breakfast? (Scholastic)
Wheel You Be Mine? (Scholastic)
Word Search Puzzles for Young Einsteins (Sterling)