Kindle me a riddle : a pioneer story / by Roberta Karim ; pictures by Bethanne Andersen.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Greenwillow Books, 1999.Description: [40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0688162037 (trade : alk. paper)
- 0688162045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- [E] 21
- PZ7.K1384 Ki 1999
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Karim, Roberta | Available | 33111003031529 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What is cider before it is cider?
Answer: apples
And what was the wagon road before it was a wagon road?
Answer: a buffalo trail
Constance and Jack and their mama and papa are playing a riddle game that stretches from morning to night, and as they stir up one riddle after another, young readers will delight in puzzling out answers that illuminate the details of daily life for a family of settlers living on the frontier.
What was this book before it was a book?
You can kindle a riddle, too!
Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council fo SS & Child. Book Council
The riddles that a pioneer family share explain the origin of such things in their lives as their log cabin, johnnycakes, the broom, a cloak, candles, and more.