Extreme Dot to Dot: Around the USA

Extreme Dot to Dot: Around the USA

Can your child connect 1,400 dots without knowing where he's headed? Extreme Dot to Dot: Around the USA turns landmarks, events, and memorable sights from across the United States into 32 intricate dot-to-dot puzzles—and part of the fun is figuring out what he's drawing as the picture slowly appears.

These are a long way from ordinary children's dot-to-dots. Each puzzle contains between 400 and more than 1,400 numbered dots, with some challenges stretching across a full two-page spread. At first glance, the scattered dots may give away almost nothing. Follow them carefully, though, and an American scene gradually takes shape.

Your child might uncover Mount Rushmore, the Kentucky Derby, Route 66, or another recognizable piece of America. Once he's finished, the key in the back identifies the scene and provides interesting facts and details about what he's just drawn.

Keeping hundreds of numbers in sequence while scanning a densely packed page gives concentration, visual tracking, attention to detail, and persistence a substantial workout. Miss a number and your child will need to backtrack, find where things went sideways, and get himself headed in the right direction again.

Recommended for ages 8 and up, Extreme Dot to Dot: Around the USA offers enough complexity to challenge older children, teens, and plenty of adults. It's absorbing enough for a long quiet afternoon but easy to pick up whenever your child has a few minutes to spare.

One puzzle at a time, your child gets a paper-and-pencil tour of America—with the destination kept secret until he connects enough dots to discover it.