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Black and White

Author: David Macaulay
Published: 2005-09-26
book: 32 pages
ISBN:0618636870
ISBN:9780618636877
Publisher: Sandpiper
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story?

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The Grapes Of Math

Author: Greg Tang
Published: 2001-02-01
book: 40 pages
ISBN:043921033X
ISBN:9780439210331
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues.

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Jokelopedia

Author: Ilana Weitzman
Published: 2006-04-26
book: 278 pages
ISBN:0761142088
ISBN:9780761142089
Publisher: Workman Pub Co
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Presents a compendium of jokes, riddles, knock-knock jokes, and puns for any occasion, and includes brief blurbs about comedians and successful comedic shows.

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Biggest Riddle Book in the World

Author: Joseph Rosenbloom
Published: 1976-09-15
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0806988843
ISBN:9780806988849
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

No one will ever say "Hello, Hello" again without your knowing that this is what you say to a monster with two heads! Happy Riddling!

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Stories to Solve

Author: George Shannon
Published: 2000-04-19
book: 56 pages
ISBN:0380732602
ISBN:9780380732609
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Presents brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.

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Eight ate

Author: Marvin Terban
Published: 1982-03-22
book: 64 pages
ISBN:0899190863
ISBN:9780899190860
Publisher: Clarion Books
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

A collection of original riddles, each using a homonym as the answer : bizarre-bazaar, knight-night, and similar pairs of words.

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Rowan and the Travelers

Author: Emily Rodda
Published: 2004-02-05
book: 192 pages
ISBN:006056072X
ISBN:9780060560720
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

When the village of Rin falls under a sleeping spell, Rowan is one of the few who doesn't fall victim and so sets out on a dangerous journey to find a cure that ...

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The Riddle

Author: Alison Croggon
Published: 2006-08-08
book: 490 pages
ISBN:0763630152
ISBN:9780763630157
Publisher: Candlewick Pr
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

The further translation of a manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah which chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, a gifted Bard, ...

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Rowan and the Zebak

Author: Emily Rodda
Published: 2004-04-22
book: 224 pages
ISBN:0060560746
ISBN:9780060560744
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

In the fourth novel of the adventures of Rowan, the warlike Zebak people, who have long been feared in Rin, threaten the area.

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Math appeal

Author: Greg Tang
Published: 2003-02-01
book: 35 pages
ISBN:0439210461
ISBN:9780439210461
Publisher: Scholastic
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Rhyming anecdotes present opportunities for simple math activities and hints for solving.

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More Stories to Solve

Author: George Shannon
Published: 2001-03-06
book: 64 pages
ISBN:0380732610
ISBN:9780380732616
Publisher: HarperCollins
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

The author of True Lies introduces fifteen brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is ...

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The Dove Dove

Author: Marvin Terban
Published: 1988-09-19
book: 64 pages
ISBN:0899198104
ISBN:9780899198101
Publisher: Sandpiper
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

A collection of over seventy riddles using homographs, words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Author: Joanna Cole
Published: 1994-09-21
book: 64 pages
ISBN:0688122043
ISBN:9780688122041
Publisher: Beech Tree Books
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

A collection of more than two hundred classic and modern riddles about everything from hippos to computers.

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Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal

Author: Emily Rodda
Published: 2004-04-22
book: 224 pages
ISBN:0060560738
ISBN:9780060560737
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

When his mother falls terribly ill after being poisoned, Rowan knows that he must be the new Chooser for the Keeper of the Crystal and so must face great ...

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The Gigantic Joke Book

Author: Joseph Rosenbloom
Published: 1981-03-15
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0806975148
ISBN:9780806975146
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Presents more than 1,000 jokes on wide-ranging topics.

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The Super Joke Book

Author: Gyles Brandreth
Published: 1985-01-01
book: 128 pages
ISBN:0806962003
ISBN:9780806962009
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Hundreds of jokes, old and new, hilarious and horrendous, are here in this rollicking collection.

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Too Hot to Hoot

Author: Marvin Terban
Published: 2008-01-21
book: 64 pages
ISBN:0618191658
ISBN:9780618191659
Publisher: Sandpiper
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

A collection of progressively harder to guess palindrome riddles.

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Funny you should ask

Author: Marvin Terban
Published: 1992-10-19
book: 64 pages
ISBN:0395581133
ISBN:9780395581131
Publisher: Sandpiper
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

A humorous look at language shows readers how to turn homonyms, homographs, and idioms into jokes and riddles and features comic drawings. Simultaneous.

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Before You Leap

Author: Kermit the Frog
Published: 2006-09-05
book: 222 pages
ISBN:0696232324
ISBN:9780696232329
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Subject: Self-Help

Everyone's favorite amphibian shares the life lessons he has learned, in an inspirational collection of wit and wisdom about such milestones as growing up, ...

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Riddle-Iculous Math

Author: Joan Holub
Published: 2003-09-03
book: 32 pages
ISBN:0807549967
ISBN:9780807549964
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Rhymes and riddles review math concepts for young readers.

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