Reading is funny! : motivating kids to read with riddles

Drawing on her work with children in schools and public libraries, Dee Anderson offers easy-to-implement ideas on motivating kids to read with riddles plus a folk tale, scripts for puppet skits, sample PR handouts, reproducible games and patterns, and hundreds of carefully selected riddles, some exclusive to this book.

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 -- Laugh lines : riddles about literacy -- Laughing at "our-shelves" : riddles about specific books -- The loony library : riddles for loony library bulletin boards and games -- Merry menagerie : riddles about animals and zoos -- "'Hoppy' birthday!" : riddles about birthdays -- Frightfully funny : riddles about creepy creatures -- "'Hoppy' holidays!" : riddles for holidays and seasons -- Fun(ny) and games : riddles about sports -- Talking turnips : riddles for talking turnip bulletin boards, games, and story -- Odds and ends : riddles about popular subjects.