Nostalgia

I absolutely loved these books when I was a child. Yet, looking at them now - they all had the same endpapers - I realise that I never cottoned on that those pictures with alphabet letters were in themselves a hidden puzzle, as they are not random; they spell words. Either that or I'd forgotten.

One was a Christmas prezzie from my sister when I was seven. Little did I know that when I grew up I would write a book of word puzzles for a well known educational publisher. (Published some years ago now, but still in print.)

Do you remember these Blackie books from the 1960s?
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