How perfectly timed is National Game and Puzzle Week that it coincides with Thanksgiving week? Family
and friends have gathered together for the holiday, so why not break out the boardgames and puzzles
for some bonding time? This week is dedicated to all kinds of games, from the more solitary kind such as
word searches, crosswords, and sudoku, to the multiplayer games like your classic boardgames, puzzles,
card games, brain teasers, and videogames.
Jigsaw puzzles have been around since about 1760 when British engraver and mapper, John Spilsbury,
put a map of the known world on a thin piece of wood and cut along the outline of each country. He was
credited with inventing the jigsaw puzzle in 1767, and they would mostly be used as teaching aids until
the early to mid-1800s due to their geographical nature before finally becoming popular as
entertainment.
Logic puzzles or brain teasers such as riddles are the oldest recorded type of puzzle. For example, Greek
mythology features the Sphinx’s riddle. Another type of puzzle is Solomon’s seal puzzle, which was
popular in Germany starting around 1636; it featured two strings and a coin or block which the player
attempted to disentangle. There are a number of this type of puzzle, collectively known as
“disentanglement puzzles”. Burr puzzles originated around 1698 and are interlocking sticks that are
notched to fit together to make a three-dimensional shape.
From these, and many other, puzzles and games come those we are still enjoy today. This year, National
Game and Puzzle Week is celebrated from November 20 th through the 26 th , so why not play? If you don’t
have any games handy, or if you want to try out some new ones, check out our catalog for boardgames,
puzzles, and even books filled with brain teasers and trivia to enjoy with your family and friends!
Central Complex, new address: 850 City Hall Drive, Bossier City 71111
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New Library Hours:
Central/History Center
o Monday – Thursday, 9:00am – 8:00pm
o Friday, 9:00am – 6:00pm
o Saturday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Benton
o Monday – Thursday, 9:00am – 7:00pm
o Friday, 9:00am – 6:00pm
o Saturday, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Haughton
o Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 6:00pm
o Saturday, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Aulds/East 80/Plain Dealing/Tooke
o Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Library Locations:
Aulds Branch
318.742.2337
Benton Branch
318.965.2751
Central Library
318.746.1693
East 80 Branch
318.949.2665
Haughton Branch
318.949.0196
History Center
318.746.7717
Plain Dealing Branch
318.326.4233
Tooke Branch
318.987.3915
New & Coming Soon:
Christmas at the Amish Market by Shelley Shepard Gray (Fiction; Book, Large Print, Audiobook)
The Christmas Cookie Wars: A Novel by Eliza Evans (Fiction; Book)
The Christmas Countdown by Holly Cassidy (Fiction; Book)
The Christmas Inn: A Novel by Pamela M. Kelley (Fiction; Book)
Death at a Scottish Christmas: A Scottish Isle Mystery by Lucy Connelly (Fiction; Book, eBook,
eAudiobook)
Don’t Let the Forest in by CG Drews (YA Fiction; Book)
Everyone Knows but You: A Tale of Murder on the Maine Coast by Thomas E. Ricks (Fiction;
Book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Fledgling: Keeper’s Records of Revolution Series, Book 1 by S.K. Ali (YA Fiction; Book)
A Healing Touch by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Fiction; Book, Large Print, eBook)
The Hidden Girl by Lucinda Riley (Fiction; Book)
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden (Fiction; Book, Large Print, eAudiobook)
Santa’s Secret: Santa’s Crew Series, Book 3 by Fern Michaels (Fiction; Book, Large Print, eBook)
The Sawmill Book Club by Carolyn Brown (Fiction; Book, Large Print)
A Song of Ash and Moonlight: Middlemist Trilogy, Book 2 by Claire Legrand (Fiction; Book,
eBook, eAudiobook)
Which Way Around the Galaxy: Which Way to Anywhere Series, Book 2 written and illustrated by
Cressida Cowell (Children’s/Tweens Fiction; Book)