Geese Find the Missing Piece: School Time Riddle Rhymes (I Can Read Book 1) [Hardcover]

Marco Maestro (Author), Giulio Maestro (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: I Can Read Book 1

Where do polar hears learn their ABCs.

The chilly students go to a cool school! Beginning readers will have a ton of fun guessing the rhyming answers to these twenty-two original riddles about school.

Marco and Giulio Maestro's first I Can Read Book, "What Do You Hear When Cows Sing?: and Other Silly Riddles," won this praise from "Booklist: " "Puns and wordplay are a great way to show new readers that books can be joyful nonsense. The questions are as entertaining as the answers, and the overblown pictures pick up the playful connections. These jokes need sharing."

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Building on their earlier collaborations, the Maestros bring their riddles to a setting beginning readers will find familiar. Each one is presented over two pages. On the first (right-hand) page, a question is posed and partially answered ("What does Snake like to do best at recess? She loves to glide down the..."). The clue in bold print rhymes with the word found on the second page ("slide"). The simple text and structure of the riddles are just right for the target audience. The book is populated by a colorful assortment of birds and animals that provide visual clues. Used just for fun or in a more formal classroom lesson on rhyming patterns, this book will produce miles of...smiles.
Maura Bresnahan, Shawsheen School, Andover, MA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Twenty-one humorous riddles, each featuring a rhyme in the punch line, make this I Can Read Book a good choice for new readers. Each riddle begins on a right-hand page, so that the reader must turn the page to read the punch line. A few of the riddles take place at a school in the North Pole, with polar bears, penguins, and seals. But most of the jokes are set in a nondescript school setting populated by animals. Some riddles work something related to the animal into the punch line ("Where do polar bears learn their ABCs? At a cool school.") And others don't ("Why is Panda's picture hard to see? She uses very faint paint"). Colorful illustrations give lots of contextual clues to help struggling readers, and all the drawings and riddles revolve around school-type activities. Kathy Broderick

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (August 4, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060262206
• ISBN-13: 978-0060262204
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,606,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geese fnd the missing peice; a structured analysis, October 8, 2003

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This review is from: Geese Find the Missing Piece: School Time Riddle Rhymes (An I Can Read Book, Level 1) (I Can Read Book 1) (Paperback)

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