Riddles, Riddles, Riddles: Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!

by Joseph Leeming (Selected by), Shane Miller (Illustrator)

Overview

Join in the pun! Hundreds of riddles, charades, puzzles, and word games — accompanied by charming illustrations — promise to keep readers of all ages chuckling for hours. Test your wits with a small sample of the many jests in store:
What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
It never eats.
What is the most difficult train to catch?
The 12:50, because it’s 10 to 1 if you catch it.
What is the richest country in the world?
Ireland, because its capital is always Dublin.
Why does lightning shock people?
Because it doesn't know how to conduct itself.
What part of London is in France?
The letter N.
When a lady faints, what number will restore her?
You must bring her 2.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486781860
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	10/16/2014
Series:	Dover Kids Activity Books
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Joseph Leeming wrote several children's books on crafts, riddles, and magic.

Table of Contents

Foreword

What's What? 3

How Many Fish Can You Catch? 15

Please Tell Me Why! 17

What Am I? 27

The Riddle of the Sphinx 33

Some (Shaggy) Dog Riddles 35

How's Your Geography? 39

Some Difficult Feats (Feets) 43

Which is Which? 45

A Kennel Full of Curs 49

Lots of Lettuce (Letters) 51

Girls are Always Riddles 59

Where in the World? 65

What If? 67

Ghostly Guessers 75

Horse Laughs 77

What's The Difference? 79

Enigmas 89

Say When! 93

Name the Nations 105

Bible Riddles 107

History's a Mystery 113

Secrets of the Seas 115

How Can this Be? 117

Animal Crackers 119

What Is It? 123

Why Are They Alike? 129

Can You Figure These Out? 135

Cats! Cats! Cats! 139

Riddle Me This 141

Who in the World? 149

Charade Riddles 151

Rhymed Charades 155

How Come? 159

Miss Trees (Mysteries) 163

Dictionary Nations 167

See Any Resemblance? 169

Heads I Win 173

Down The Garden Path 175

What's The Good Word? 177

Turn-Around Riddles 181

Flower Riddles 183

Some Hard Nuts to Crack 187

Let 'er Ride 189

Watch Your Step! 195

Riddles in Rhyme 199

Adam and Eve and the Apple 209

Dictionary Cities 211

Bird Bafflers 213

Abbreviated States 215

Transposed Trees 217

A Penny for Your Thoughts 219

Kate's a Good Skate 223

Riddles With Dumb Endings 227

Just Ducky 229

Do You Know Your Aunts? 231

Real Cities 235

Jacks of All Trades 237

Tricks of the Trades 239

The Bishop's Riddle 241

For Bigger, Better or Worse 243