Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0750986379
We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language – think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book includes both magical riddle tales and simple challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies' riddles or how the old hen-wife helped the two brothers solve the mystery of their father's will. Have a read – you'll be hooked.
Author : J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 12,96 MB
Release : 2009-08-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0811846687
Thirteen poems pose riddles that challenge readers to "Name That Book." With a glass slipper here and a spiderweb there, Lynn Munsinger's illustrations lead young readers to the solutions.
Author : P. W. Catanese
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416912525
Twelve-year-old Tom, isolated on an island because of a curse that brings bad luck to anyone who comes near him.
Author : Francis Adelbert Blackburn
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Exeter book
ISBN :
Author : Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Riddles
ISBN :
Author : R. K. Mortenson
Publisher : Barbour Pub Incorporated
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 30,12 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781593108816
Landon Snow questions the meaning of life and after falling through the pages of the Book of Meaning, he enters a fantasy realm where new friends are discovered and answers are unearthed.
Author : Margaret McNamara
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375987835
Mr. Tiffin and his students from the perenially popular How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? are back in this picture book about a school trip to an apple orchard! In this playful, humorous, and child-friendly classroom story, the students learn a lot about apples and apple orchards—including how apples are harvested, how cider is made, and what the different varieties of apples are—while trying to solve a riddle. The book also celebrates how some children learn differently than others. Margaret McNamara and illustrator G. Brian Karas bring us another fun and educational picture book.
Author : Richard Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Drawing tricks and stories.
Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 31,97 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486482006
Characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass populate these 88 intriguing puzzles. Mathematician Raymond Smullyan re-creates the spirit of Lewis Carroll's writings in puzzles involving word play, logic and metalogic, and philosophical paradoxes. Challenges range from easy to difficult and include solutions, plus 60 charming illustrations. "An ingenious book." — Boston Globe.
Author : Marjorie Dundas
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781578063727
Seventy- nine tales that show how riddles pervade storytelling worldwide
