How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube for Kids: The Only Book Kids Will Ever Need to Solve The Rubik’s Cube (Solving the Rubik's Cube for Kids, Band 2)

Great book! Very well written. I would highly recommend this. Word of advise - the cube is very difficult for beginners. Not appropriate for young kids, it will only frustrate them. Maybe 8-10 years old minimum. It took me 5 hours the first time to solve puzzle, 2 hours the second time. Two thirds of puzzle is very easy to master without book and can easily be learned. Final third is difficult to master without book, but can be mastered with practice. After many days of practice, I can now solve cube without book. Most younger kids would lose patience after an hour. Recap - book is well worth price, and is well written with good illustrations.

Good book and the video links given work really well for you to learn the cube

Not that straight forward and not super kids friendly

I was able to use this book to teach my 8 yo child how to solve the 3x3 cube. The explanations are clear and written in plain easy to understaand language. The author's writing style is straight forward and he does not skip steps. In fact, he often repeats instructions to make sure the student is following along correctly. The illustrations are very helpful and clear. I'm now going to purchae the 2x2 solutions book.

This book does not give you the FASTEST way to solve a cube but it does offer a fool proof solution which is VERY easy to learn. I recall when I was a kid (about 11 or 12) getting a book which gave a long list of alternative moves for each situation you might encounter as you solve each layer of the cube but they were far from easy to learn and retain. This cube gives you TWO very basic moves which are then used in different sequences throughout the solution. All you need to remember is how many times you perform the move and what way the cube should be in your hand as you do it. My 9 year old solved his first cube within 3 hours of getting this book and 2 days later he he here now solving cubes without having to refer to the book at all. He's very pleased with himself. I see other reviewers have mentioned the perhaps overly childish descriptive chapters - I would tend to agree with that. But it does not detract from the book's effectiveness. My boy simply skipped over the chapters and focussed on the important parts - the moves.