Simms Taback's Great Big Book of Spacey, Snakey, Buggy Riddles

by Katy Hall, Lisa Eisenberg, Simms Taback (Illustrations)

The biggest, funniest riddle book ever! Q. When is a riddle book irresistible?
A. When it?s illustrated by Simms Taback. This great big bumper book of riddles about bugs and snakes and space will keep readers laughing (or groaning) right to the end. Q. What do bugs have that no other animal has?
A. Baby buggies. With Caldecott winner Simms Taback?s large fullcolor pictures on every page, this collection has a riddle for every taste. Q. When do you have too many riddles?
A. Never!

Genres: Humor, Picture Books, Childrens

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 2008

About the author

Katy Hall also has books published under her married name: Kate McMullan.

Reviews

[Nicole Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun book for kids, illustrations are quirky and detailed and often add to the riddle.

Some of the jokes were a bit forced and some are not PC/nice in my opinion.

But some are quite funny, and it was a good tool to use to keep my students attention while working on a crochet project in our class (I just skipped ones I didn't want to share).

[Kelly Anderson · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate this book.

[Anayssa Pulido · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book for children simply to have fun. After every page, there is some kind of riddle for kids. It is very straight forward and the watercolor illustrations are very fun to look at. It is full of riddles involving space, snakes, and bugs (as seen in the title). I personally would only use this book in a classroom to tell a riddle or two for fun. It would be great when talking about different units such as the ones mentioned in the title. Overall, it's just a combination of different subjects of riddles and can be quite entertaining!

[Andrew Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

On every page there is a riddle and the riddle’s answer illustrated in the childish way using water colors. The majority of the pages are related to snakes in some way. Unlike other children books we have been looking at, this book seems to be very light-weight easy read with seemingly no ‘deeper meaning’ behind it. Rather the illustrations and riddles are primarily used to just get the audience to laugh. This comical, light-weight read can be effective at making struggling early readers interested in reading.

[The Library Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Be warned that this is a compilation of jokes from 3 beginning reader riddle books by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg, which I have owned at my library for years.
But Taback's illustrations are so much fun, and the format so different, that this book is worth buying. Doesn't mean the jokes are any better though....

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome illustrations make this picture book of somewhat hokey riddles centered around snakes, bugs and space that will be a hit with kids.

What do you get if you cross a centipede and a parrot? A walkie-talkie!

Which is heavier, a half moon or a full moon? A half moon, because a full moon is lighter!

[Boni · Rating 3 out of 5]

We really liked this book, love Taback's illustrations, but I wish the riddle answers hadn't been so easy to see right away- didn't even let the kids guess before getting the answer! Kind of weird layout for a riddle book.

[Kari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always love Simms Taback's illustrations.

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit too ridiculous for me.