Features over sixty-five games and variations derived from Solitaire, including Klondike, Canfield, and Hit or Miss.
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Publishers Weekly Review
Readers learn how to play "Fourteen Out," "Captive Queens" or "Klondike" in Lucky 13: Solitaire Games for Kids by Michael Street, illus. by Alan Tiegreen. Offering over 65 ways to play, the volume provides step-by-step directions, strategies, variations and diagrams showing cards in play for each game. Basic and advanced two-pack games are also included. ( May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-8-Street's easy-to-understand directions and Tiegreen's clear, informative illustrations will have just about anyone playing like a pro in no time. Each game is laid out with step-by-step, fully illustrated instructions. Historical comments on the origins of some of the games are included along with strategies to improve one's playing. The cleverly named variations are arranged according to difficulty. This is an immensely enjoyable book that youngsters will love. All that's needed is a pack (or two) of cards and a willingness to learn and readers are on their way to hours of fun.-Cynde Marcengill, Horry County Memorial Library, Surfside Beach, SC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gr. 3^-7. Nonsolitaire players, unaware that there are so many ways to play, will find this title revealing. Street begins with a basic introduction to cards and then covers more than 65 games and variations, starting with the easiest and ending with complex two-pack games. Each game features helpful diagrams showing the layout and potential movement of the cards. The directions and tips for strategy are succinct and clear, written in a breezy style on well-laid-out pages. Even so, many of the games require the reader to go over the directions a number of times, and it's nearly impossible to dive into the complicated games at the end of the book without some experience. Alan Tiegreen's funny pen-and-ink cartoons spark up the book by filling nearly every page. An excellent resource on solitaire for children. --Todd Morning
Horn Book Review
Over four dozen versions of solitaire--including variations and two-pack games--are introduced. Simple yet detailed rules, supplemented with diagrams, explain how to play each game. Tiegreen's cartoon pen-and-ink illustrations help make the book reader-friendly, with anthropomorphized cards providing tips on strategies for winning. Glos. From HORN BOOK Fall 2001, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.