Hoakes Island, a fiendish puzzle adventure
ISBN 9781786270337
Regular price $26.99 Sale price $25.50 Save 6%by Helen Friel and Ian Friel
Henry Hoakes has gone missing and Hoakes Island Amusement Park is in grave danger. This notebook, a hastily assembled collection of diary entries, notes, puzzles and clues, is the only key to find out what’s happened to Henry and stop the dastardly developers who want to knock down the park.
Solve the puzzles and discover keys and clues as you travel around the island on a quest to rescue Rita the anteater, Granville the gorilla and the rest of the talking animals who live there. It’s a race against time that only a puzzle master can win!
This ingenious and immersive puzzle adventure comes with a fold-out map of Hoakes Island and a special red lens to discover secret messages and clues. Can you solve the mystery and save Hoakes Island? We’re counting on you!
Recommended for ages 7-11 years (grades 2-5).
Hardcover. Published by Laurence King.
Please note that this version of Hoakes Island is in English, but it is available elsewhere in German. One may also purchase the book in English, and refer to the online version of the map in German, for German language study, found here.
About the Authors:
Helen Friel is a freelance paper engineer and illustrator, living and working in London. Her commercial clients include Vogue, The Telegraph, Ted Baker and Time magazine. She is also the author of Midnight Creatures: A Pop-Up Shadow Search.
Ian Friel became a freelance writer and historian in 2007, after a long career in museums. He has published several books on maritime history, and has co-written Billy Bow, a musical set during the Napoleonic Wars. Hoakes Island is his first children’s book, written with his daughter, Helen Friel.
solar-powered carousel
WK 1600
Regular price $75.00Sunlight drives the solar Sun Carousel.
A small solar cell supplies the power for a small motor. In the sun, in the light of a light bulb or a halogen spotlight, the Sun Carousel begins to turn. It drives until shadows fall on the solar cell. As soon as the Sun Carousel is back in the light, the next ride begins.
Assembly instructions in English, with French and German available.
Recommended for children 10 years and older to build on their own. Younger children, perhaps even of 6 and older will enjoy to play with it, and they may participate to build together with an older helper.
Assembled diameter 25 cm. Weight 360 grams.
Comes with 3 small dolls.
Made in Germany.
stirling engine kit
WK 6500
Regular price $64.00What powers a Stirling engine? Heat differentials. Provided here courtesy of a tealight. Steam engines were the first engines that made heavy work light. However, there were frequent explosions in boilers. So many engineers strove to find less hazardous engines. Almost 200 years ago, the young Scottish clergyman Robert Stirling developed one engine type that has never been used on a large scale to this day, but rather in a number of small applications. The little engine is created literally from the can in which is it packaged. It is driven by the heat of the tea light and the air cooling working on the cylinder. The principle is very simple, but very clever: displacement piston and working piston slide due to the heating and cooling of the air between the two cylinders back and forth. This allows the working piston to drive the propeller. For the assembly of about 150 parts, the hobbyist needs 2-3 hours. Thorough instructions with exact images will help step one through. Only simple tools are needed.
Recommended for tinkerers and enthusiastic scientists from 14+ years. The candle under adult supervision.
Instructions in German & English.
Made in Germany.
swings carousel
WK 1650
Regular price $75.00The swings carousel offers space for six little dolls, which should hold on tight while driving. It can be turned with the small crank.
Delightful is a "remote control" to drive the carousel when paired with a 'water wheel', 'windmill' or an engine (sold separately).
Recommended for children 10 years and older to build on their own. Younger children, perhaps even of 6 and older will enjoy to play with it, and they may participate to build together with an older helper.
Assembled diameter 35 cm. Weight 350 grams.
Comes with 3 small dolls.
Made in Germany.