Children's Nonfiction Beginner
Funtime Riddles
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2004
- Category
- Beginner
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553375807
- Publish Date
- Feb 2004
- List Price
- $5.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781553375791
- Publish Date
- Feb 2004
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Sports and games feature everything from soccer-playing pigs that "hog" the ball to ghosts that love playing "Moan-opoly." A Level 3 first reader.
About the authors
Marilyn Helmer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, moved to New Brunswick, then to Quebec, then to Ireland, then back to Canada, all before she was five years old. Perhaps that is why she loves to travel, both in North America and abroad. Marilyn's main passion though is writing for children. She discovered a knack for storytelling at a very young age when she made up wild and creative excuses for the occasional bout of mischief. In elementary school she became an avid Nancy Drew fan. With a couple of like-minded friends, she began writing and telling her own mystery stories. But it wasn't until many years later, when she started reading to her son and daughter, that Marilyn's dream of writing for children was born. Success did not happen overnight but it did happen. Marilyn's stories, poems and articles have appeared in children's magazines and anthologies in Canada and the United States. Her published books include picturebooks, chapter books, novels, riddle books and retold fairy tales.
Jane Kurisu is an illustrator whose books include The Sleepover Book and The Jumbo Book of Gardening. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Awards
- Winner, Great Book Award, Canada Toy Testing Council
Editorial Reviews
Most of the selections are plays on words, which will encourage young readers to think about the meanings of the terms. ... Riddle books encourage even reluctant readers to persevere in order to get to the punch line and these offerings are appealing choices.
