Library Talk

March/April 2001
Highly Recommended

“Be careful! But don’t just add what you first see. A better
way there’s sure to be.” In this fun, creative book, the author has integrated bright, colorful, and eye-appealing computer-generated pictures with clever riddles in rhyme, plays on
words, and math, to stretch and open the mind and develop problem-solving skills. Readers are encouraged to look beyond the obvious method of computation (merely counting the objects) and to try other, less obvious ways to find the
answer to each riddle.

Attractive, two-page spreads showcase each of the three to four double-line riddles, which organize subjects and objects such as ants, gopher holes, fishes, fruits, and foods into symmetrical and asymmetrical patterns and groups. Solving the riddle just may require a little creative thinking by both parents and young readers.

Whether sharing this book with a parent, reading it on one’s own, or reading it in a classroom setting with students, young readers will enjoy discovering tricks to finding the answers of these clever, catchy riddles. If you get stuck on one, the answers and solutions are included in the back of the book.

Susan Shaver, Library Media Specialist
Hemingford (Nebraska) Public Schools

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