Bananagrams! The Book

Joe Edley, Abe and Rena Nathanson (Author)

Reading Level: Ages 9 to 99

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Paperback: 282 pages

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Language: English

ISBN: 9780761156352

Shipping Weight: 1.44 pounds

Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.1 x .7 inches

Description

Bananagrams! The Official Book translates the brain-twisting word fun of the game onto the page, and adds much, much more. Even if you've never dipped your hand into the Bananagrams pouch, the book stands on its own with hours of challenging play. Written by the only three-time National Scrabble Champion, Joe Edley, Bananagrams! offers sixteen clever puzzle types, including Banana Trees, where the object is to build word grids based on a theme; Banana Splits, a collection of four quick anagram puzzles to be solved in rapid-fire style; Banana Leaves, with its four-, five-, six- and seven-letter words; Banana Filling—what happens when you add a "K"?; and more. The puzzles have four levels of difficulty, from one banana to four bananas. Plus, there are glossaries; special strategies for Bananagrams: The Game; a list of "Weords"—weird words that are cool to play; two- and three-letter words to take your game to the next level; fun banana facts; and, of course, an answer key.

Game of the Year winner at the 2009 International Toy Fair, Bananagrams is the international phenomenon that started with a simple idea: "An anagram game that is so fast it will drive you bananas!" Doing for letters what Sudoku did for numbers, it's the obsessive puzzle craze that starts with 144 letter tiles in a banana-shaped bag and captures all the fun of crosswords and word games like Scrabble and Boggle.

About the Authors:
Joe Edley, the only three-time National Scrabble Champion, is the creator of all the puzzles in Bananagrams! and More Bananagrams! Additionally, he is the author of The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book, Everything Scrabble, and Scrabble Puzzles Volumes 1–4. Director of clubs and tournaments for the National Scrabble Association, he’s created thousands of word puzzles for The Scrabble News and writes the syndicated newspaper column “Scrabblegrams.” He lives with his family on Long Island.

Rena Nathanson, along with her father, Abe, and her children, invented the game Bananagrams! while spending the summer of 2005 in Narragansett, Rhode Island. The game debuted at the 2006 London Toy Fair and quickly became an international sensation. The company now has offices in London and in Providence, Rhode Island.

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About Workman Publishing:
Workman Publishing Company has been producing award-winning calendars, cookbooks, parenting guides, and children’s titles since 1968. Their wide range of high-quality non-fiction titles and products inspire, educate, and entertain readers around the globe.