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Celebrate Family Literacy DaySaturday, Nov. 1. is National Family Literacy Day, a chance for families to learn together and support each other's educational endeavors.To celebrate, one title parents and children alike will enjoy this year is the first American literary puzzle,The Whistle Pig (February 2004, Canvasback Press, $14.95).Whistle pig is a nickname for a groundhog or woodchuck. In the tradition of the well-known puzzle book, Masquerade by Kit Williams, which premiered in the United Kingdom in 1980 and created a firestorm of interest selling more than a million copies, The Whistle Pig is a collection of 10 short stories and one poem thatErovide hints to the location of a key idden somewhere in United States.Imaginative and inventive, The Whistle Pig is a fun, engrossing collection of stories that mix the adventurous elements of a scavenger hunt with the intellectual challenge of a crossword puzzle.It provides readers with hours of excitement from the first reading through the extensive hunt for clues and hopefully, to the discovery of the key.Using fictional stories with non-fictional references that lead to the hidden keyrThe Whist!e Pig serves as a literal map to a mysterious location. Subtle hints like, Although the ultimate goal was Annie's timely delivery to San Francisco, I had one stop of my own to make ... and four hours closer to the Pacific ... pervade the text. Other references to American culture, including history, music, sports, art and life appear frequently in the short stories.Simple and entertaining stories allow readers of all ages an opportunity to unlock the magic of the riddle, creating an innovative and unique conundrum for families, treasure hunters, travelers, and anyone interested in agreat American mystery.A sticker emblazoned with the image of the whistle pig is included with each book, and key hunters can use the sticker to notify others of searched locations. Guided by the mysterious symbol, travelers will eventually crisscross the country on the lookout for the key.For more information visit mm. thewhistlepig.net.
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Duncanville Today
Duncanville, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 03, 2003
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