Minnie The Minx - Mad About Puzzles

Collection (2004). 5⅛"x7¾". £2.99.
100 pages. Softcover; B&W contents.
Geddes & Grosset / D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.

ISBN-10: 1842054325

Cover (uncredited).

Contents:

.3 Just Mad About Puzzles title page
.4 Notice Jumble
.5 Minnie's Picture Word
.6 Get Packing word puzzle
.7 Xtra Fun crossword
.8 Lucky Numbers
.9 Comic Hero Wordsearch
10 Missing Vowels
11 Name Those Grls
12 Find The Number
13 Gone Missing
14 Find The Birds
15 Mini Canine Crossword
16 Comic Animals Wordsearch
17 Gone Missing
18 Gre t Big C ts
19 Comic Girl Wordsearch
20 How Many Times
21 Capitals Mini Quiz
22 Hidden Animals
23 Comic Boys Wordsearch
24 What Is Soppy Susan Carrying?
25 Word Count
26 Name Those Boys
27 Fun Fair Wordsearch
28 Clued Up!
29 Mins!
30 Crossed Out!
31 Sports Special
32 Countries Mini Quiz
33 Hats Off!
34 Letter Change
35 Unscramble The Letters
36 Untitled connect-the-dots
37 Minnie Market
38 Flower Power
39 Hidden Treasure
40 Holiday Homes
41 Water Puzzle
42 So Sweet!
43 Books Galore!
44 Cats And Dogs
45 Fast Food Match-Up!
46 What A Mix-Up!
47 Match Up!
48 Party On!
49 Baking Mix-Up
50 Capital!
51 Shape Up!
52 Minxed Up!
53 First Foot
54 Add Up
55 Girls, Girls, Girls!
56 It's "T" Time!
57 Question Mark!
58 What's The Birdie!
59 Spot The Gnasher
60 Face The Music
61 In A Jam
62 For Fun!
63 Minnie Code
64 Jumbled Words
65 Planet Puzzle
66 Untitled maze
67 Oh!, Yum!
68 Making Words
69 All Adds Up
70 Honey Pot Hunt! maze
71 Fill Those Blanks
72 EEK! Extra Difficult Puzzle
73 Girl Power
74 Hidden Pet
75 What A Dreamer
76 Drop A Letter
77 Add A Letter
78 Join The Dots
79 Untitled word puzzle
80 Untitled word puzzle
81 Untitled math puzzle
82 Drool! picture puzzle
83 Step Words
84 Untitled picture puzzle
85 Untitled word puzzle
86 All In Place
87 Step By Step
88 Making Words
89 Picture This
90 Easy Peasy Crossword!
91 Word Builder
92 Build A Word
93 Move Down
94 Untitled math puzzle
95 Through The Keyhole
96 Untitled maze
97 Word Change
98 Musical Mystery

Owing more to puzzle books than anything which resembles the regular strips from The Beano, this is a clever book which doesn't really need strips to bolster the content. It's difficult to recommend this to comic readers as the lack of conventional material really doesn't lend itself well to the same audience, but if you enjoy puzzles there are enough here to keep any child busy for a couple of hours. It is nice to see The Three Bears and Gnasher (among others) make cameo appearances, though their involvement is, at best, minimal. This is a curio which really does something different, and such experimentation should be celebrated.