Christopher Manson

I'm terrible at open-ended puzzles because I never get any sense of whether I'm moving in the right direction. The solution to a good puzzle makes you go, "A-ha! Of course!" After two hours with 'Maze', I never had that feeling. I still made what seemed like arbitrary, any-choice-works decisions.

Isaac is asked to deliver an elephant to Charlemagne. The story is about their adventures and growing friendship. After each hardship is overcome, Isaac comes to appreciate another part of the elephant. The comments at the end note that this is based on a true story about Isaac the Jew, a translator for Charlemagne.

Brilliant and beautiful. Exceptionally difficult but well worth the time and mind power used to solve this puzzle.

Young children/illustrated nursery rhyme/ecology content