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Hide & Seek · Ages 4–7 · By Patrick Smith

Two little rivals.
Big discoveries.

And YOU can help!

Hide loves being first. Seek loves looking closely. Together, they turn Puzzle Park into a world of funny adventures, colorful clues, and discoveries to share.

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Two adventures now available in paperback and Kindle. A third is coming soon.

Hide and Seek beside a mysterious chest on The Great Puzzle Park Race cover
Point. Count. Look closely. Join the story!
Read together. Discover together.

Three adventures in Puzzle Park.

Enjoy each complete adventure in any order.

Hide & Seek: The Great Puzzle Park Race book cover by Patrick Smith
Book 1 · Ages 4–7

The Great Puzzle Park Race

A mysterious box. Three clues. Three keys. Help Hide and Seek spot shapes, count stepping stones, and finish a pattern to discover the surprise inside.

Shapes · Counting · Patterns

Paperback & Kindle available

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Hide & Seek: The Missing Picnic book cover by Patrick Smith
Book 2 · Ages 4–7

The Missing Picnic

A gust of wind, a missing basket, and two rumbling tummies. Follow the apple trail, choose where to look, and help the little rivals find a fair way to share.

Counting · Position words · Sharing

Paperback & Kindle available

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Hide & Seek: The Treasure That Took Off book cover by Patrick Smith
Book 3 · Ages 4–7

The Treasure That Took Off

Follow a colorful map to a treasure that catches the wind! Match shapes, finish the ribbon pattern, and put the steps in order to help a dragon kite fly.

Colors · Sequencing · Teamwork

New adventure on the way

Coming Soon

Choose Paperback or Kindle on Amazon. The Treasure That Took Off is coming soon.

Watch together · A narrated adventure

A little story time in Puzzle Park.

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2 minutes, 23 seconds · A narrated adaptation with gentle picture movement and on-screen story text. Press play and turn on sound.

The Great Puzzle Park Race

Three clues. Three keys. One big surprise! Pause to spot shapes, count together, and guess what happens next.

Keep discovering with the picture book, available in paperback and Kindle.

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Watch together · The complete 32-page story

The Missing Picnic: story time.

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About 5 minutes, 40 seconds · All 32 pages, gentle narration, playful stomach rumbles, and on-screen story text. Press play and turn on sound.

The Missing Picnic

A gust of wind, a missing basket, and two hungry friends! Count the apples, follow the clues, and discover a fair way to share.

Pause for your child’s answers and try the final above, below, and beside activity together.

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More story time. More discoveries.

Watch Hide & Seek adventures together, and subscribe for new stories.

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The Hide & Seek Play Club · Free games

Step into Puzzle Park.

Hop across the river, explore Puzzle Park, pop balloons, rescue the picnic, finish kite patterns, find shape keys, try rhymes, and match treasures. Eight playful adventures with gentle recorded narration and a discovery passport.

Let’s play →
One park. Two unforgettable friends.

Meet the Crew

Hide jumps into adventure. Seek spots the clues. Together, they make room for YOU.

The purple adventurer

Hide

Big ideas. Bigger enthusiasm! Hide loves being first, trying a silly shortcut, and turning an ordinary day into an adventure.

Hop, count, and try something new.

Hop with Hide →
The teal clue finder

Seek

Look closely. Think it through. Seek notices shapes, follows patterns, and finds the little clues that make a big difference.

Spot shapes, follow clues, and discover.

Explore with Seek →
For parents, caregivers & teachers

A story they can join.

Questions woven into the adventures invite children to point, count, match, and think about what happens next. Share the funny moments, pause for answers, and explore the clues together.

Designed for shared reading with ages 4–7.

More little adventures

There’s still time for Tock.

Meet Tock and his friends in The Tock Tales, or explore the existing Tock games in Play & Learn.

Explore The Tock Tales →Play & Learn with Tock →