What Do You Hear When Cows Sing?: And Other Silly Riddles

by Marco Maestro, Giulio Maestro (Illustrator)

Overview

Here are twenty-two outrageous original riddles perfectly targeted to the funny bones of beginning readers. Laughing over the sheer silliness of these riddles and their zany illustrations, young readers will discover for themselves the delight of wacky wordplay. And just what do you hear when cows sing? MOOsic, of course!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780064442275
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/01/1997
Series:	I Can Read Book 1 Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.19(d)
Lexile:	480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Father and son riddle writers Giulio and Marco Maestro's first book together was Riddle City, USA! A Book of Geography Riddles. Their first I Can Read Book was What Do You Hear When Cows Sing? And Other Silly Riddles. The Maestros live in Old Lyme, CT.

Giulio Maestro is the illustrator of over 100 children’s books. He has also written his own books of word play and has co-authored two I Can Read Books with his son, Marco: What Do You Hear When Cows Sing, and Other Silly Riddles and Geese Find the Missing Piece: School Time Riddle Rhymes. The Maestros live in Old Lyme, CT.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-4Another fine addition to the Maestros' list of riddle and wordplay books. This one will be a stretch for young readers, but the funny, colorful illustrations add contextual clues. The subjects of the riddles will be familiar to most readers-trains, bugs, mice, fish, boats. A few words are technical or unusual and will need explanation. Most of the selections involve plays on words, but some are relatively straightforward- "What animal is good at hitting a baseball?" "A bat." Children will love the silly pictures, laugh at the riddles, enjoy sharing them with others, and expand their vocabularies all at the same time.Mary Ann Bursk, Bucks County Free Library, Levittown, PA

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