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Did you know there's a special day set aside each year to be in a bad mood? Or a day to do everything in reverse? There's even a day to celebrate ice cream... The 51 puzzles in American Acrostics Volume 5 cover a wide range of well-known holidays and celebrations from America's many diverse cultures, plus several of our slightly eccentric, lesser-known observances. So sharpen your pencil and get ready to learn fun facts about the traditions you treasure, and maybe even discover a few new favorites!

Think history is boring? Think again. American Acrostics quotation puzzles have been making history fun for thousands of solvers since 2011. The puzzles in Volume 1 combine challenging, crossword-style clues with quotation solutions that contain little-known facts, humorous anecdotes, and philosophical musings about this remarkable country of ours. Solve the 50 puzzles in order and the American story will emerge, from the Revolution to the Information Age.

American Acrostics are back, with 50 challenging new puzzles that bring history to life, and make it fun! Volume 3, Puzzling Tales from the White House, features little-known tales about our American presidents and their families. From Dolley Madison's outrageous turbans and Louisa Adams' penchant for chocolates to Calvin Coolidge's window-shopping escapades and Richard Nixon's bizarre White House police uniforms, the antics of our White House denizens are sure to keep you laughing as you solve!

American Acrostics are back, with 50 more challenging quotation puzzles that bring history to life, and make it fun! Volume 2 pays homage to American Ingenuity - and to the men, women, and children who invented everything from the toaster to the traffic light to the television. Solve the 50 puzzles in this book to take a fascinating journey through time and technology!

Which state has a law against letting a donkey sleep in your bathtub? Which state capitol is heated by a geothermal well? Which state holds barstool races every February? You'll learn the answers to these questions and more in Volume 4 of American Acrostics, The Puzzling States of the Union. So sharpen your pencil and get ready to take a fun--and challenging!--tour of all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C.

Who was America's first best-selling author? Which author was passionate about pencils? Who wrote about travels to other galaxies, but refused to set foot on an airplane? What future Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was once thrown out a window by its frustrated author? You'll learn the answers to these questions and more when you solve the 50 original, themed puzzles in American Acrostics Volume 8: Puzzling American Authors. Sound like fun? Then sharpen your pencil and get ready to discover fascinating facts and little-known stories about some of the best-known women and men whose words entertain us, enlighten us, and give us food for thought.

Which American explorer tried - but failed - to walk around the world? What American heiress eschewed a life of ease to explore the Arctic? Who was the first African American astronaut in space? You'll learn the answers to these questions and more when you solve the 50 original puzzles in American Acrostics Volume 7: Puzzling Explorers and Adventurers. Sound like fun? Then sharpen your pencil and get ready to discover fascinating facts about the men and women who have traveled to the "four corners of the earth" - and beyond.