ABC School Riddles

Winning entries from students across the USA
Teacher's Choice Award Winner
2001 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award

Editor: Susan Joyce
Illustrator: Freddie Levin

ISBN 0-939217-54-62002

More than 1000 school children from the U.S. submitted their best riddles as part of a nationwide contest. The 32 winning riddles presented here--one for each letter of the alphabet--offer interesting views of school from a child's perspective. Like the other books in the series, these rhyming riddles will entice young readers to learn how sounds and letters combine to form words. The bold, semi-abstract illustrations add to the fun. These books are a great way for parents and teachers to help beginning readers develop phonemic awareness, a key component in mastering reading. This book also features a page at the end with "Ideas for Parents and Teachers."Kids will love this book. And adults? Well, I'll bet you can't guess just one!

Gr 2-5 - Similar in format to Joyce's Alphabet Riddles, (1998) and ABC Animal Riddles (1999, both Peel), this fun collection includes rhyming riddles, one per letter, written by students. the queries range from easy to more challenging with the answers listed on a back page. Colorful, bright illustrations extend the fun by providing clues to the answers. the book concludes with suggestions for parents and teachers and photographs of the children who created the riddles. Ideal for playful learning in the classroom or at home.

-- School Library Journal Compiled and edited for young readers, Susan Joyce's ABC School Riddles offers a compendium of engaging riddles in rhyme for each letter of the alphabet. Children will be challenged to match letters and sounds, and to think logically -- all while having a thoroughly fun time. ABC School Riddles (effectively illustrated throughout by Freddie Levin) is as educational as it is fun for preschool through kindergarten students learning to master the alphabet and the basics of word recognition and soundings.-- Midwest Book Review




			A B CS C H O O L R I D D L E S (click on a letter to see a riddle!) Purchase Teaching activities
		Winning entries from students across the USA Teacher's Choice Award Winner 2001 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award Editor: Susan Joyce Illustrator: Freddie Levin ISBN 0-939217-54-62002 More than 1000 school children from the U.S. submitted their best riddles as part of a nationwide contest. The 32 winning riddles presented here--one for each letter of the alphabet--offer interesting views of school from a child's perspective. Like the other books in the series, these rhyming riddles will entice young readers to learn how sounds and letters combine to form words. The bold, semi-abstract illustrations add to the fun. These books are a great way for parents and teachers to help beginning readers develop phonemic awareness, a key component in mastering reading. This book also features a page at the end with "Ideas for Parents and Teachers."Kids will love this book. And adults? Well, I'll bet you can't guess just one! Gr 2-5 - Similar in format to Joyce's Alphabet Riddles, (1998) and ABC Animal Riddles (1999, both Peel), this fun collection includes rhyming riddles, one per letter, written by students. the queries range from easy to more challenging with the answers listed on a back page. Colorful, bright illustrations extend the fun by providing clues to the answers. the book concludes with suggestions for parents and teachers and photographs of the children who created the riddles. Ideal for playful learning in the classroom or at home. -- School Library Journal Compiled and edited for young readers, Susan Joyce's ABC School Riddles offers a compendium of engaging riddles in rhyme for each letter of the alphabet. Children will be challenged to match letters and sounds, and to think logically -- all while having a thoroughly fun time. ABC School Riddles (effectively illustrated throughout by Freddie Levin) is as educational as it is fun for preschool through kindergarten students learning to master the alphabet and the basics of word recognition and soundings.-- Midwest Book Review




			I start with an A and end with a T. To know how to read, you have to know me. You can spell the word jet using letters from my set. There are twenty-six of me. What can I be?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with a B and end with an N. I'm something you use, again and again. I help you learn stuff-- both simple and tough. Find me in your head. I'm not made of lead. You store things in me. What can I be?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I begin with a C and end with an R. In case you're wondering, I'm not a car. I never eat or drink, but I can read and think. I save letters and much more-- math games and your score. You can own me for a fee. What am I? Can you name me?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			This hard, handy thing begins with a D. Sometimes it feels like a prison to me. But into it, I quickly fit when the teacher says, "Please sit!" It is where I stay and write about why I shouldn't fight. When my school work is done, I can draw and have fun. This is where I'll mostly be. Can you name me?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with an E and end with an A. Find me on a shelf where I sit on display. I'm something you use for any subject you choose. Get information for free about a frog or a tree. Most teachers have a set of me. What can I be?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			It begins with an H and ends with a K. If you want to play, better do it right away. If you dare forget it, you'll live to regret it. Make sure you've done it right, before going to bed at night, or you'll be real sorry. What can it be?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with an I and end with an M. Hear me everywhere-- in the hall, in the gym. My sound is abrupt, when I interrupt. Find me on the wall. I'm always on call. I magnify your voice. Can you guess? What's your choice?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with an L and end with a Y. I'm a place filled with knowledge-- don't pass me by. I hold treasures galore-- art, adventure, and more. When you open your mind, many things you will find. Learn of places faraway. What am I? Can you say?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with an O and end with an E. All sorts of people work inside me. Secretaries, treasurers, principals, too-- they're busy working the whole day through. A school can't run without one of me. Can you guess? What can I be?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with an R and end with an S. I'm something you do to get rid of stress. A fun time of day, when you run and play, when you dance about, or play tag and shout. When the whistle blows, I'm through. It's back to school work for you. Solve the riddle. Ready, set, go! Make your guess. Do you know?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin




			I start with an S and end with a T. A teacher has far too many of me. I need eight hours of rest, if I want to do my best. Too much homework drives me crazy. I would like to just be lazy. But study hard is what I do. What am I? Can you guess who?
		Copyright ©2001 Peel Productions, Inc. Text copyright©2001 Susan Joyce; illustration copyright©2001 Freddie Levin

A B CS C H O O L R I D D L E S

Winning entries from students across the USA Teacher's Choice Award Winner 2001 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award

Editor: Susan Joyce Illustrator: Freddie Levin

Winning entries from students across the USA
Teacher's Choice Award Winner
2001 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award

Editor: Susan Joyce
Illustrator: Freddie Levin