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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9441210 Title: Unriddling : all sorts of riddles to puzzle your guessery Author: Alvin Schwartz; Sue Truesdell Publisher: New York : J.B. Lippincott, ©1983. ISBN/ISSN: 0397320299 9780397320295 0397320302 9780397320301 OCLC:9441210

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Unriddling : all sorts of riddles to puzzle your guessery

Author:	Alvin Schwartz; Sue Truesdell
Publisher:	New York : J.B. Lippincott, ©1983.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	A collection of riddles of various traditional types including queer-word, hidden-answer, neck, leg, rebus, and tricky-question riddles.
Rating:	(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Riddles, Juvenile. Riddles. Folklore -- United States.
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Genre/Form:	Folklore Riddles, Juvenile
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Schwartz, Alvin, 1927- Unriddling. New York : J.B. Lippincott, ©1983 (OCoLC)558620228 Online version: Schwartz, Alvin, 1927- Unriddling. New York : J.B. Lippincott, ©1983 (OCoLC)608482294
Material Type:	Juvenile audience
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Alvin Schwartz; Sue Truesdell Find more information about:
ISBN:	0397320299 9780397320295 0397320302 9780397320301
OCLC Number:	9441210
Notes:	For children aged 9 and up.
Description:	x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	No Way Out -- Riddle Jokes -- Strange Happenings -- Tricky Questions -- Droodles -- What does GHOTI Really Spell? -- I'm My Own Grandpaw -- Elephant Riddles -- Who Am I? What Am I? -- A Punctuation Riddle -- Rebus Riddles -- What Never Was and Never Will Be? -- Letter Riddles pp Crossing the River -- More Riddle Jokes -- Tom and Bob -- Queer-Word Riddles -- The Great Castle Strawbungle -- Hidden Answers -- More Tricky Questions -- "If You Can Unriddle That, You Can Hang Me." -- Leg Riddles -- True Riddles.
Responsibility:	collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; drawings by Sue Truesdell.

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A collection of riddles of various traditional types including queer-word, hidden-answer, neck, leg, rebus, and tricky-question riddles.

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