Enigma: A Magical Mystery Hardcover – Picture Book, September 1, 2008

Graeme Base is easily my favorite children's book author/illustrator, and 'Enigma' provided my daughter's 3/4th grade combo class one of the most delightful hours of the entire school year! I purchased 3 copies of the book so all the kids could be close enough to see the beautifully detailed illustrations, made 25 copies of the coded message and the key, then went in and read the book to the class one morning. Afterwards, the class broke up into groups of 4 and began deciphering the coded messages, passing the 3 books among the groups to find the hidden objects where the decoded messages said they would be. It was a race to the finish, and I easily had as much fun as the kids did! Graeme you're an absolute treasure! After you fall in love with 'Enigma', make sure you also grab 'The Discovery of Dragons' and, best of all, 'The Worst Band in the Universe'. (I've been known to read that one even without kids around!)

This is a very popular book with our children in our school, both girls and boys. They love the codes in the back of the book. Even our 6th graders ask for this book. So when the one I had became to badly damaged, I was greatly relieved to find another on Amazon. So thank you for the prompt shipment and for having one in such good condition. Children are hard on books no matter how much I try to teach them to be careful. I'm always turn to Amazon to get replacements in hopes they will have it, and at an affordable price. we don't have a budget for books anymore so it is much harder to come by. Thank you again.

We are fans of Animalia and this book does not disappoint. This one is a story, in poem form, plus a seek and find, PLUS a puzzle, plus a code. There are so many layers to this book! My daughter loves the mystery of the missing items, and we are still going back and finding new clues and working on the code now that we unlocked the key at the end of the book. Excellent book for elementary school aged kids who like puzzles. We enjoyed it so much, we have given it as a gift, too.

I LOVE Graeme Base and if you are not familiar with him or his books, you should be. His books and art work is phenominal. This is my daughters favorite book by Base followed by Animalia. She likes to find the hidden pictures on each page. This book has a code you have to unlock at the end of the book and it is so much fun. My daughter is 5 and she has me read it to her at least 3 times a day. This is a wonderful book and I swear it will be a good investment to any book lover.

Love this company! Great prices, reliable quality, came early

I love this book, I read it to my 7 & 4yr old nieces who love it, while the words were a little advanced for the 4 year old she understood the story overall, I would recommend it for boys and girls from 5yrs old up. Children will be able to read the book for themselves at about age 8/9, and it will be fun (and still 'cool') for children up to about age 10.I thought this book was really lovely, with a lovely message to it.

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As with all Base's work, fantastically beautiful pictures. My three-year old loves reading this book at bed time.

I chose this book to use in school but unfortunately when it arrived it would have been too hard for the children to understand. It was a very colourful, interesting book though.

Brilliant book for the granddaughters,lots of twists and looking at the pictures for hidden items,money well spent for hours of fun on a wet day.

Good product