Children’s adventure · ages 7–9 · Pequeñas Rutas

Operation Halloween

The Mystery of the 13 Pumpkins

Help Nora, Leo and Misty light Lanternbrook’s thirteen pumpkins. A complete story with 13 missions and 26 logic and observation puzzles for children ages 7–9.

64pagesEnglishLanguage13missions · 26 puzzles

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Cover of Operation Halloween

What is inside

  • 13 missions with two puzzles at each stop and a letter towards the final message.
  • Picture matching, secret codes, mazes, symbol sudoku, coordinates, patterns and simple nonograms.
  • Worked examples, two hints for every puzzle and explained solutions in a separate section.
  • Black-and-white pages with room to solve the activities in the book.

Is this for you?

For children ages 7–9 who enjoy spotting details, decoding clues and following a friendly mystery. All they need is the book, a pencil or pen and an eraser.

Play at your own pace with the book intact. Try a hint or use the solution to keep going when you need help.

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Take a look inside

Three complete pages from the paperback edition. Enlarge them to read the text.

Page 15: Complete the garden flags
Page 15

Complete the garden flags

Mission 04A asks you to spot a repeating pattern and fill in the next two spaces.

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Page 16: Find the matching label
Page 16

Find the matching label

In the second part of the mission, compare the shape, border and marks of five labels with a model.

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Page 45: Try a hint and check your answer
Page 45

Try a hint and check your answer

The help for 04A separates two hints from the explained solution to the flag pattern.

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Your route through the book

Condensed contents · paperback page numbers

  1. Story, rules and examplespp. 3–7
  2. Adventure passportpp. 8
  3. 13 missions with 26 puzzlespp. 9–34
  4. Final message and endingpp. 35–36
  5. Draw your own endingpp. 37
  6. Two hints per puzzle and explained solutionspp. 38–64

A complete adventure

These pages show both puzzles from one mission and the help for the first. The complete book connects 13 missions and 26 puzzles through a story, a letter passport and a final message. Each puzzle has two hints and an explained solution so you can keep going at your own pace.

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