Silly School Riddles (Dial Easy to Read: Level 3) [Hardcover]

Lisa Eisenberg (Author), Elwood Smith (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 3, 2008 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Dial Easy to Read: Level 3

Making school funny again!

This latest in Dial?s series of riddle books is full of stuff kids just can?t learn in school. No textbook has the answers to these jokes; no teacher can offer assistance. Kids are strongly encouraged to share their work with others, and the more talking, giggling, and answering out of turn, the better. One tip: If desperate for a hint, illustrations by Elwood H. Smith make for a hilarious cheat sheet.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Eisenberg adds to her growing list of themed riddle collections, such as Turkey Riddles (2002) and Piggy Riddles (2004), with a title focused on school jokes and puzzlers. As in her previous riddle books, the humor sometimes falls flat: “If you had six friends and only three apples, what’s the best way to feed everyone? Make applesauce!” The most successful selections are playful puns: “Which state is the best place to buy school supplies? Pencil-vania.” “Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide.” Punch lines appear in italics, and Smith’s active, cartoon-style pictures add more humor and clarity to the jokes. The best riddles may encourage kids to find fun in wordplay and to invent puns and riddles of their own. Suggest this, also, to teachers seeking lighthearted material for back-to-school classroom sharing. Grades 1-3. --Gillian Engberg

About the Author

Lisa Eisenberg lives in Ithaca, New York.

Elwood H. Smith lives in Rhinebeck, New York.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Dial (July 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803731655
• ISBN-13: 978-0803731653
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,169,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book for the youngster with an outrageous sense of humor!, May 26, 2009

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This review is from: Silly School Riddles (Dial Easy to Read: Level 3) (Hardcover)

Knock, knock. Who's there? Oops, wrong book, but if you like jokes you probably enjoy riddles as well. You'll enjoy this book because many of these are new and not ones you've heard a thousand times before. Perhaps there are some that you can guess the answer easily, but most of them are a tad more difficult to guess than you'd think. If you memorize all of these, you'll have plenty of riddles to ask your friends!

"How did the silly goose get to the school nurse's office so fast?"

"Flu!"

"Why did the toothbrush wander into band practice?"

"It was looking for a tuba toothpaste."

Did you guess the answer to either one? The art work in this book is just as zany as the riddles are. The reading level is 2.6 so the reader is most likely one that can read alone, and judging by the vocabulary in this book, may only have to ask help with one or two words. If you have a youngster with a good sense of humor (perhaps an outrageous one), this book would be an excellent choice. "Why did the hungry third grader run into the second-grade classroom?" If you want to know, you'll just have to read this book!