A GIANT GAME SET
COMMUNITY SOUVENIRS
Co-designed by GIANT families at the Ives Main Library
A GIANT GAME SET
COMMUNITY SOUVENIRS
Co-designed
COPYRIGHT © 2026 THE GIANT ROOM
THIS BOOK BELONGS TO:
Something super weird (and oh, so wonderful) is happening in this activity book! Our landmarks are getting mixed and remixed into a set of postcards that you can play all sorts of games with!
We are extremely honored to partner with the Connecticut State Library and bring GIANT creative STEM experiences to the Connecticut community at the Ives Main Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. We implemented a Remix Station with librarian Matt Ulman.
Participants joined, dreamed, created, and shared. Here, we have “remixed” their landmark creations into a one-of-a-kind postcard set inviting all kids (and adults) to collect the postcards, mail them to their loved ones, celebrate their communities, search for hidden items, go on a treasure hunt, and even make community maps of their own!
I want to thank the librarians and staff from the Ives Main Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library for their partnership. Funding for this program was made possible by the Connecticut State Library and Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), provided through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Let’s play!
Azi Jamalian Founder of The GIANT Room
What's on your postcard?
designer's designer's signature signature
designer's designer's signature signature
designer's designer's signature signature
designer's designer's signature signature
designer's designer's signature signature
designer's designer's signature signature
Draw and write Draw and write your own! your own!
Then, write a Then, write a message and sign it! message and sign it!
SEARCH
&FIND
Search & Find
HOW TO PLAY
Can YOU find the items hiding around our community landmarks?
Let’s go on a tour of all the landmarks in our community.
Keep your eyes out for the hidden animals and treasures around the landmarks. Try to find them all!
1+ PLAYERS MATERIALS
HIDDEN OBJECTS
X 1 X 3
X 3 X 1
X 4 X 2
Yale New Haven Hospital
Co-designed by a GIANT Kid
This is my favorite landmark because of Abby the Nurse. They have amazing and professional doctors and lovely nurses.
Future with Braids
Co-designed by a GIANT kid
Future with Braids
Co-designed by a GIANT Kid
There is a giant tree where my cat, Braids, likes to play hide and seek!
You have to walk very, very quietly on your tiptoes so you don't scare the little birds away!
Ernie's Pizzeria
Co-designed by Miriam, age 5
Ernie's Pizzeria
Co-designed by Miriam, age 5
This is my favorite landmark because I love eating delicious pizza with my family.
Here’s a helpful tip: ask for a lollipop!
Keefe Community
Co-designed by a GIANT Kid
It has the best playground ever. It’s great for hide and seek and making mud castles.
You have to run super, super fast if you want to get a seat on the swings because everyone wants them!
Line
Line
Co-designed by a GIANT Kid
This is my favorite landmark because I can only draw lines.
If you go to your favorite place in our town and close your eyes, you can see these glowing lines and shapes swirling all around!
My Special Circle
My Special Circle
Co-designed by a GIANT Kid
This is my favorite landmark because my parents are in the circle.
This place brings me happiness.
TREASURE
HUNT
Along the way, we need to complete challenges to find the treasure.
Spot the Difference!
FIRST CHALLENGE ON OUR TREASURE HUNT!
HOW TO PLAY
1. Look at the landmarks on pages 43 to 46.
2. Can YOU spot all the differences?
3. Flip the page to play!
ROTATE THE BOOK IF YOU NEED A CLUE... THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENCES IN EACH GAME.
Find the differences between image 1 and 2.
IMAGE 1
Who's that landmark ??
The next challenge:
IDENTIFY THE LANDMARK WITH ONLY A TINY HINT!
HOW TO PLAY
1. Look at the hints on pages 49 and 50.
2. Match the hint to the correct landmark to win!
3. Flip the page to play.
Match the hint to the correct landmark! Use pages 5-8 to see all the landmarks in the game.
#1 Guess the landmark
#2 Guess the landmark
When you feel sick or have a little fall, kind helpers here will care for all. Bandages, smiles, and heartbeats too. What place am I? Can you guess who?
Follow the smell of bubbling cheese and warm dough. The place you seek sounds like it might have... lollipops?
WRITE YOUR ANWSER HERE
#3 #4 Guess the landmark Guess the landmark
I stand up tall and touch the sky, while little wings go fluttering by. Deep by my roots, if you look just right, a furry friend may hide from sight. What place am I?
WRITE YOUR ANWSER HERE
1+ PLAYERS MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1.Look at the coded messages on pages 53 to 58.
2.Choose a level or complete them all. The more levels you complete the more hints you'll get!
3.Use the secret keys to uncode the message.
4. Flip the page to play!
LEVEL 1
Use the secret key to decode the message.
SECRET KEY
= U = D = R = E = N
LEVEL 2
Use the secret key to decode the message.
SECRET KEY
2 2 5
LEVEL 3
Use the secret key to decode the message.
SECRET KEY
A = 1 B = C C = 7 D = 2 E = D F = Q G =
YOU DID IT!
You followed every clue, solved every challenge, and made it all the way to Ives Main Library. The treasure was under the library this entire time!
MAP
MAKING
DESIGN YOUR OWN TREASURE MAP
Where would YOU bury the treasure?
MAKE YOUR OWN
1.Scan the QR code to print and download blank maps with the landmarks featured in this book.
2.Around the landmarks draw roads, transportation, parks, people, homes, buildings, and treasure hunt clues!
3.Take it further and cut out the landmarks to create a map from scratch. You can even add hidden items and characters to create a Search & Find game of your own.
YOUR OWN COMMUNITY MAP
What are the landmarks in YOUR community?
MAKE YOUR OWN
1.Grab some paper and something to draw with.
2.Draw a map of your town or city. Where are the important places?
3.Take it further and build 3D structures on your map: buildings, cars, bridges, people, mountains or something else!
MAKE A MENTAL MAP
How does YOUR home make you feel?
MAKE YOUR OWN
1.Scan the QR code to watch a creative mission video about what a mental map is and how to create one.
2.Draw a mental map of all the places you visit in your town: your home, school, stores, restaurants, parks, or...
3.Take it further by adding emotions and memories of those places to your map.
Library Park
ANSWER KEY
HIDDEN OBJECTS
MY SPECIAL CIRCLE
Who’s that landmark?
#1:
#2:
#3:
#4:
Did you decode the hidden message?
LEVEL 1
5 2 2 T H E U N D E R LEVEL 2 P C 1
L I B R A R Y LEVEL 3
A GIANT THANK YOU TO IVES MAIN LIBRARY, THE KIDS, FAMILIES, AND GIANT TEAM MEMBERS WHO MADE THIS PUBLICATION POSSIBLE.
Book Concept & Planning
Design & Development
Azadeh Jamalian, PhD (The GIANT Room)
Rebecca Schifilliti (The GIANT Room)
Rama Deshpande (The GIANT Room)
Maria Eugenia Segovia (The GIANT Room)
Camila Langer L. (The GIANT Room)
Paulina Quezada M. (The GIANT Room)
Rebecca Schifilliti (The GIANT Room)
Rama Deshpande (The GIANT Room)
GIANT Participants
Miriam and others
ABOUT
The GIANT Room
The GIANT Room is a creative co-design lab that provides opportunities for children, families, and educators to collaborate with designers, policymakers, scientists, artists, and engineers.
In addition, on our GIANT Remix platform, we provide opportunities for children to co-design and co-publish books and games they can read and play with their friends and family.
A GIANT GAME SET
COPYRIGHT © 2026 THE GIANT ROOM