- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Adams Media (8 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1593370369
- ISBN-13: 978-1593370367
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 20.4 x 1.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 834,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Guaranteed to keep kids laughing for hours! Brain teasers and riddles have been proven to build kids' mental acuity. The Everything Kids' Riddles and Brain Teasers Book does this and more, giving children a place to learn - and laugh - all in one! Packed full of puzzles, games and activities, The Everything kids' Riddles and Brain Teasers Book will keep audiences in stitches.
About the Author
Kathi Wagner, author of The Everything Kids' Bugs Book and The Rugrat's Potty Book, has been a children's librarian at her local library for nineteen years. She has a degree in early education and journalism and is the mother of two. Aubrey Wagner is a freelance writer with a B.F.A. in art and design.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Too many American references for a British kid to enjoy. The jokes are very weak and badly phrased, too. Very disappointing.
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86 of 89 people found the following review helpful
Just Plain Wrong
14 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
If you want to introduce your children to the world of brain teasers, puzzles, and riddles, this just might be the worst book you could give to them. It is chock full of wrong answers, ambiguous questions, factual errors, and logical fallacies. There are "brain teasers" that no one could possibly answer "correctly." There are questions whose premises make no sense whatsoever.
After we kept running across wrong answers, I confiscated this book from my son. I imagine most parents buy this for their children without reading it themselves. Let me save you the trouble. I read through 117 pages of this book and found 68 questions with errors (wrong facts, unworkable puzzles, etc.) Here are a few choice examples:
"Once upon a time, a little girl dressed in blue went to her grandmother's Swiss cottage. Why?" Answer: "She was hungry for some cheese."
"When Mini's family pulled up at the motel, Mini, her parents, and 12 brothers and sisters poured out of the car. How could that happen?" Answer: "Mini and her family are mice." Mice, of course, that drive. There couldn't be any other explanation, right?
"When Maddy started school, she was 5 years old. Now that she is in third grade, she is only 6. How can that be? Hint: Maddy's birthday is in February." Answer: "Maddy's birthday is on February 29th." Never mind the distinction between "having your 5th birthday" and "being 5 years old" -- by the premise of the question, Maddy would be 20 years old when she entered Kindergarten.
"It's Norma's 12th birthday. This year, her family gave her a boom box. If every year before were the same, how many does she have?" Answer: "One -- every year is not the same!" Have you heard of the subjunctive, Ms. Wagner? Do you know what an "If-Then" statement is? Do I want to throw your book out the window?
This book will make you stupid.
After we kept running across wrong answers, I confiscated this book from my son. I imagine most parents buy this for their children without reading it themselves. Let me save you the trouble. I read through 117 pages of this book and found 68 questions with errors (wrong facts, unworkable puzzles, etc.) Here are a few choice examples:
"Once upon a time, a little girl dressed in blue went to her grandmother's Swiss cottage. Why?" Answer: "She was hungry for some cheese."
"When Mini's family pulled up at the motel, Mini, her parents, and 12 brothers and sisters poured out of the car. How could that happen?" Answer: "Mini and her family are mice." Mice, of course, that drive. There couldn't be any other explanation, right?
"When Maddy started school, she was 5 years old. Now that she is in third grade, she is only 6. How can that be? Hint: Maddy's birthday is in February." Answer: "Maddy's birthday is on February 29th." Never mind the distinction between "having your 5th birthday" and "being 5 years old" -- by the premise of the question, Maddy would be 20 years old when she entered Kindergarten.
"It's Norma's 12th birthday. This year, her family gave her a boom box. If every year before were the same, how many does she have?" Answer: "One -- every year is not the same!" Have you heard of the subjunctive, Ms. Wagner? Do you know what an "If-Then" statement is? Do I want to throw your book out the window?
This book will make you stupid.
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
not suitable for the younger end
20 Jun 2005
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is advertised as being suitable for ages 9 to 12. Well, after getting it for my young daughter, it really looks to be more suitable for the upper end of that spectrum. The book is nicely laid out with an interspersing of jokes and exercises, but so far the actual riddles that you've got a chance at figuring out are pretty few and far between. Most of the riddles are ones that you really can't figure out.
Anyway, I'm more impressed with the other "everything kids" books I've purchased.
Anyway, I'm more impressed with the other "everything kids" books I've purchased.
disappointed
2 May 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wanted riddles and brain teasers. This book had puzzles and games that I wasn't interested in. It didn't srve my purpose but would be ok if you wanted puzzles and games.
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