Methods and systems are provided for educational and cognitive-skills
training. A method of educating a user includes an act of organizing a
plurality of clues in a book. At least one search including selected
clues from the plurality of clues is included in the book. The search is
conducted in the book, and each of the selected clues must be found and
solved in a specific predetermined order. The search clues are organized
and/or selected to insure that the user cannot move sequentially through
the pages. The user determines the solution to each clue to locate the
next clue and, ultimately, to locate the end of the search. The solutions
are organized and displayed in a predictable way (e.g., alphabetically or
numerically) so that the user can "look up" each solution.