Highlights for Children Debuts Puzzle Buzz, New Puzzle Book Series for Young Children

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- This week Highlights for Children launched Puzzle Buzz, a new puzzle book series edited for children ages 4 to 7. A version for younger kids of the company's successful Puzzlemania series, Puzzle Buzz introduces young children to the skill-building fun of puzzles, mazes, Hidden Pictures and matching games.

Following Highlights' mission to provide kids with "Fun with a Purpose," Puzzle Buzz offers activities that cultivate learning. Mazes and sticker games offer the chance for kids to practice fine motor skills, helping them gain better eye-hand coordination and improving the muscle control needed for writing. Games like "Hidden Pictures" and "What's Wrong?" can grow their divergent thinking, the ability to separate things that make sense from the illogical.

Highlights developed Puzzle Buzz to inspire young children to develop a love of thinking and to provide parents with a fun way to engage their children, building reasoning and logic. "Because they are fun as well as challenging, puzzles teach young children to enjoy and appreciate the problem- solving process," says Donna Siple, a Highlights puzzle editor.

To order Puzzle Buzz, visit Highlights.com or call 1-800-422-6202. Full details and promotional offers are available online.

About Highlights for Children, Inc. (www.Highlights.com)

Devoted to "Fun with a Purpose(R)," Highlights for Children, Inc. has helped children become their best selves for generations. Its flagship publication, Highlights magazine, the most recognizable and widely-read children's magazine in the nation, printed its one-billionth copy in June 2006. Other Highlights offerings include Highlights for Children Book Clubs and the Highlights Catalog, a selection of gifts children will love and parents can trust. Online, children can visit www.HighlightsKids.com for interactive content related to each issue of the magazine, and parents can visit www.HighlightsParents.com for informative articles and suggestions for additional family activities. Corporate offices are in Columbus, Ohio, and editorial offices are in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.