The Riddle in the Tale

Author: Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750986379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language – think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book includes both magical riddle tales and simple challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies' riddles or how the old hen-wife helped the two brothers solve the mystery of their father's will. Have a read – you'll be hooked.

The Legend of Jack Riddle

Author: H. Easson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496554094
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
So what if 12-year-old Jack's great-great-great-great-great aunt has oddly youthful looks? (Probably cosmetic surgery.) Or a hat she never removes? (Fashion victim.) Or goes out into the creepy forest at midnight to play bingo? (Must be what people do in the country.) Who cares about that when her cottage doesn't even have Wi-Fi?! Forced to visit his distant relative with the unusual name of Gretel, Jack is about to find out that fairy tales aren't sparkly, cheesy love stories. They're dark. They have claws. They're a warning. And when you're the unwilling hero of your own fairy tale, you might be the one who's taught a nasty lesson.

The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria

Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Riddles
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description

The Riddle of the Gnome

Author: P. W. Catanese
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416912525
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Twelve-year-old Tom, isolated on an island because of a curse that brings bad luck to anyone who comes near him.

Riddling Tales from Around the World

Author: Marjorie Dundas
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578063727
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Seventy- nine tales that show how riddles pervade storytelling worldwide

A Tale Dark & Grimm

Author: Adam Gidwitz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101445289
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

Spot the Plot

Author: J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811846687
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
Thirteen poems pose riddles that challenge readers to "Name That Book." With a glass slipper here and a spiderweb there, Lynn Munsinger's illustrations lead young readers to the solutions.

The Riddle of the Drum

Author:
Publisher: Four Winds
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Anxious to keep his daughter from marrying, a king announces that no man may marry his daughter unless he guesses the kind of leather used in a drum made by a wizard.

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

Author: Beatrix Potter
Publisher: Seven Books
ISBN: 3689954622
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
This is a Tale about a tail—a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of a lake.

Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx

Author: Joe Todd-Stanton
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1912497492
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Kids will love this exciting excavation of ancient Egyptian myths as they follow along with the clever Marcy on a quest to save her dad from the belly of the sphinx! Many years have passed since the tale of Arthur and the Golden Rope, and Arthur is now a world-famous adventurer. If only his daughter Marcy shared his enthusiasm for exploration... Determined to bring out Marcy's adventurous side, Arthur sets off to Egypt to bring back the legendary Book of Thoth. When Arthur doesn't return, Marcy must follow in his footsteps. Can she overcome her fears and rescue her father from the clutches of the great Sphinx?