Riddle Road: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures
Following in the footsteps of their first collaboration, With One White Wing, poet Elizabeth Spires and acclaimed artist Erik Blegvad have seemlessly blended words and pictures to produce beguiling... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0689817835
ISBN13:9780689817830
Release Date:May 1999
Publisher:Margaret K. McElderry Books
Length:26 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.8" x 8.3"
Age Range:6 to 10 years
Grade Range:Grades 1 to 5
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Fun Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
My kids keep coming back to this book to their favorites to find the clue that reveals the answer. The book jacket mentions that the riddles "recall more ancient queries-the question rhymes from Mother Goose . . . or the riddle game between Bilbo baggins and Gollum in _The Hobbit_." They also reminded me of Beatrix Potters' _The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin_. The illustrations and actions in this book also give clues just like that story. Some clues are deliberately misleading, like seeing live horses galloping into the ocean when the real answer--seahorse--is instead carefully sculpted into the clouds. There is a pleasing mix of solving ability. My 5 year old was successful at a few, while a couple were a bit difficult for me. I would wait for the lower priced paperback edition to come out, as there are only 26 riddles.
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