Reading is funny! motivating kids to read with riddles
Dee Anderson.
- Chicago American Library Association 2009.
- xi, 216 p. ill. 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bulletin boards that promote reading -- Encouraging children to share riddles -- Games to play with riddles -- Using riddles for public relations -- Sharing riddles through puppets -- Do it yourself! : how to make up riddles and keep a riddle file -- Reading is funny! : literacy riddles -- Laughing at our "shelves" : riddles about specific books -- The loony library -- Merry menagerie : riddles about animals and zoos -- "'Hoppy' birthday!" : riddles about birthdays -- Frightfully funny : riddles about ghosts, mummies, vampires, werewolves, and witches -- "'Hoppy' holidays!" : riddles for holidays and seasons -- Fun(ny) and games : riddles about sports -- Riddles to use with the talking turnip game -- Odds and ends.