The Merry-go-round is number 8 in the Jan van Haasteren Junior range and counts 240 pieces. The box carries the age marking 6+.
The picture shows a backyard carousel getting completely out of hand: a pink octopus with flailing tentacles on top, a dalmatian and a cat going round with it, a tortoise in the sand and a policeman losing his cap. The fence reads 'De Zwarte Hand was hier' - the Black Hand was here - the running joke regular Jan van Haasteren watchers spot straight away.
At 240 pieces this is a step up from the 150-piece puzzles in the same range: enough work to come back to it several times, and busy enough to see something new each time.
A present for children from 6 years who like a search-and-find picture, and a puzzle a parent will happily pull up a chair for - if only to help hunt down that one tentacle.
