Pocket Posh Puzzles Make Great Budget-Friendly Mother’s Day Gifts

Posted on Feb 26, 2014 by 1 Comment

The new line of puzzle books from Pocket Posh features embossed covers with inspirational quotes from famous people throughout history and pretty floral graphics. They’re the perfect budget-friendly Mother’s Day gift idea!

I’m a big fan of crosswords, so I like Pocket Posh Crosswords 9. The 75 puzzles in this book were challenging, but not impossible to solve. The clues draw from a wide range of subjects, so I felt like I learned a few new things with each puzzle.

Like other Pocket Posh titles, the puzzles in this book are from The Puzzle Society, which is the premier online source for professionally constructed puzzles, including the Washington Post crossword and the Los Angeles Times crossword.

Another new Pocket Posh title I’d highly recommend is Pocket Posh Quick Thinking. This is a series of 50 puzzles designed to encourage you to make quick decisions to solve the puzzles. The puzzles are labeled as easy, medium, difficult, time-plus, and challenge and they require progressively more time to solve. The easy puzzles can be solved in one or two minutes, but the challenge puzzles take 10 to 15 minutes to solve.

Since Pocket Posh books are the perfect size for sticking in your purse, I use this book to keep my son entertained when we’re waiting at restaurants or doctor’s offices. He’s nine, so he is getting a little old for the puzzles on the back of the kid’s menus. The assortment of puzzles in this book are good group activities for our family to work on together.

Pocket Posh puzzles sell for $7.99. Visit the Andrews McMeel Publishing website to check out the full line of Pocket Posh puzzle books.

Disclaimer: Review copies were provided by the publisher.

Photo credit: Andrews McMeel Publishing

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Dana Hinders

Dana Hinders lives in Iowa with her husband and son. She has been a freelance writer since shortly after earning her degree in journalism from The University of Iowa in 2003. She writes extensively about parenting, crafts, and creative ways to save money. Visit her at danahinders.com.

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  • Penny W.

    I like crosswords, but they often require knowledge that my kids don’t have in order to solve them. If these come in different levels, it may be worth it to have when you go out. I’m tired of my kids’ noses always in their iPods when we are on the road.