Fowl Play Release

Contact: Alee Marsh [email protected] (413) 346-2116 Chicken Crazy! Fowl Play For those who can’t get enough of the chicken craze, there is now a whole book of poultry themed games and puzzles for those times when the chickens aren’t close by. Master puzzler Patrick Merrell fills this fun book with crosswords, Sudoku, word jumbles and searches, brainteasers, acrostics, visual puzzles, and math stumpers, all designed to please (and puzzle) chicken lovers of all ages. Fowl Play is the perfect witty gift for anyone who loves puzzles and trivia. Crammed full of fowl facts and varying puzzle levels, Fowl Play will entertain the whole family. The 101 puzzles are scattered with hilarious drawings and vintage chicken art, and are organized with a table of contents so favorites are never lost in the mix. A New York Times article “A Chicken on Every Plot, a Coop in Every Backyard,” notes that chickens aren’t just for farms anymore. “City dwellers who raise chickens are springing up around the country.” This book will be welcomed everywhere. The partnership of expert puzzler Patrick Merrell, whose work has appeared in magazines and newspapers nationwide, including 60 crossword puzzles for the New York Times, with Storey Publishing, with over 400,000 chicken-related books in print, ensures a smart book full of potential. ABOUT THE AUTHOR_________________________________________________________ Patrick Merrell’s illustrations have appeared in hundreds of books and magazines, including Scientific American and MAD magazine. He has contributed more than 60 crossword puzzles to the New York Times and is a perennial contributor to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. Patrick lives in New York._______________ Fowl Play Storey Publishing; August 2009 Two-color; illustrations throughout 144 pages; 6 x 7 ½ $10.95 Paper ISBN: 978-1-60342-487-5