Time Train To Ancient Rome

Usborne Puzzle Adventures #6

by Gaby; Blundell Kim Waters

-- Action packed stories of mystery and adventure interwoven with puzzles to solve -- Great fun for kids to read and decipher

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Mystery, Middle Grade, Fiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 1988

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Great book, brings back the memories. Good for reading with the kids.

[Eleanor Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my absolute favourite puzzle stories as a child!!! The puzzles are engaging and the story is interesting. One of the books that spawned my initial interest in Roman history! I still had fun solving the mystery even as an adult.

[Cupof Tea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the amount of puzzles I had to write down for this one, including some algebra :) I did find a more efficient way (than the answers') though the maze under the Colosseum though.


This author has produced some of my favourite puzzle books, and this theme was interesting, reminding me of The Trolley to Yesterday a bit.

[Georgina]

Fun theme, but the puzzles in this one feel pretty lazy.

[Laurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still good fun 30 years after I first read this. And my daughter loves it too.

[Louise Allan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for the nostalgia effect. Some of the puzzles are still quite difficult. Sure my kids will love it.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite as enamoring as it it was a few years ago, but definitely fun. For me as a kid, these books weren't just your regular "look and find" sort of thing--they had stuff like cracking codes in them! Yeah, fun stuff.