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Sudoku
This slightly tricky puzzle was invented
in Japan. You have to fill in the spaces
with numbers from 1-9, so that when it is The giggler
finished, every row, column and 3x3 box
contains all the numbers from 1-9. Q What kind of food do
maths teachers eat?
How to solve it A Square meals.
• Look for the place where there are
most numbers. Q Why didn’t the skeleton
• Try to work out which numbers go where, go to the disco?
by looking at the other rows and columns. A He had no body to go with.
• By process of elimination, guess which
number fits, and check it by trying to fill Did you know?
other spaces in the line or 3x3 box.
• If you are still confused ask an adult. For most of his life, the astronomer
­Tycho Brahe wore a fake nose
made of gold and ­silver. His own
nose was ­destroyed in a
duel in 1566 when he
Can you work

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out the phrase
or saying

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here? It helps
Book club
Jessica the Jazz Fairy by Daisy Meadows
if you say out

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Can you identify loud what you This is my favourite book because it is
these things that can see. very exciting and has detailed pictures.
you might find It is about three towns: a fairy town, a

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on a farm? human town and an evil town. The evil
town is ruled by the king

Activity Stargazing
If you look up at the sky tonight you
will see a spectacular natural fireworks
display, thanks to a meteor shower
called the Perseids.
Where do meteors
come from?
• Each summer the Earth passes
through a trail of cosmic dust, which is
the debris left from an ancient comet
called Swift-Tuttle. When bits of debris
hit the Earth’s atmosphere they be-
come meteors.
• Tonight the Earth will be at the
heart of the debris zone, creating
a ­meteor shower. It is known as
the Perseids because the
puzzles by clarity media
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Jack Frost, along with
his nine goblins, who
steal the fairy town’s
treasures. The fairies
get revenge on a gob-
For answers see tomorrow’s G2 lin by making him slip
in a puddle of water,
and he comes out all
wet and soggy. It was
really funny, and a good
This is one for a streak of light as they burn up – so
way of getting revenge.
older kids – be there is no need to worry about one
Review by Carmen Bywater, 7.
sure to ask your landing on your head!
Tell us about your favourite book at
parents to let you g2kids@guardian.co.uk
stay up late! How to see the perseids
• You don’t need a telescope. The
The riddler
shower can be seen with the eye from
anywhere in the UK. Can you work out the important person
• The best time to look is from hidden in this riddle?
10.30pm tonight, but it will continue My first is in quick but not in fast.
into the weekend. My second is in future but not in past.
• Try to stay away from city lights, or My third is not in bus but is in aeroplane.
better still, get out into the countryside My fourth is in bicycle but not in train.
where the added darkness means My fifth is the letter that comes before “O”.
­visibility of the shower will be
greatly improved. Yesterday’s answers
• Choose a spot without any ob- Spot the difference Missing zeppelin;
“Radiator sprang” on billboard; route 68;
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• The meteors are the size of • Then all that’s left to do is find Number sequence 243 – add
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a grain of sand and hit the yourself a comfy seat or lie on a half the number each time.
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