Flappy, Waggy, Wiggly: A Riddle Book

by Amanda Leslie

Simple riddles are combined with colorful pictures of children's favorite animals, such as pigs, dogs, and birds, in a "peekaboo" flap book, where the answers are always only a half-page away.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Storytime, Childrens, Juvenile, Dogs

40 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Teresa Biggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandson had me read this book over and over again. He loved making the animal sounds and we did some wiggle dances

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neat book! It gives hints about what each animal is while teasing the picture of it. So much fun.

[Milton Louie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Guess what? B

[Miss Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can you guess the animal with the riddle, animal sound and picture clues? This is a fun book to read with young children. Guess the animal and make their sound together.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this for a baby storytime, but while it was only all right for babies it would be awesome for a toddler or even (because of the guessing element) a preschool storytime. The book design is different than a traditional picture book in that you have a page and then a half page that sets up the riddle. When you turn the half page, the words of the riddle disappear and the illustration of the answer (which had been peeking out from the edges of the riddle) fills in to cover the whole spread. The illustrations are perfect for toddlers with just the single animal delineated in thick black outlines and then filled in with solid, saturated colors that constrasts strongly with the bright full bleed background colors. The only text on the full illustrations is the name of the animal in multi-colored block letters and the animal sound that had been peeking out as a clue to the riddle all along. The riddles themselves are eminently appropriate for the age group, particularly with the illustrative help. Using the dog as an example - over half the dog's face and his tail are sticking out from either side of the riddle which reads,"Who has a waggy yellow tail and a sticky licky tongue?" and includes a simple "woof!" on the sidelines as well. While it's not likely to win any awards, this could easily become one of my storytime favorites.

Used for Animal Fun baby storytime 2/25/11.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a colorful lift-the-flap book that gives young children clues about the animal behind the flap.Part of each animal's body is peeking out from the flap which gives a visual clue as well.

I have used the Spanish version for Spanish and bilingual story time at the library before. I used the English version for a story time program about snakes at the MJC Great Valley Museum of Natural History since it has a snake in it. When I've used this story, I have the children tell me the name of the animal, and I also ask them to make the noise each animal makes, so it can be more interactive.

Amanda Leslie also has another lift-the-flap similar to this one called Who's That Scratching At My Door? I have also used it.

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a book read at story time today, and had been read before, too, but I couldn't quite remember the title. This was like a lot of books that are read at our story time. It reviews animals and has flaps that reveal the animals. I liked how the flaps in this book worked because they were a little bit different. A little of the front and a little of the rear of each animal showed on each page spread along with some text to help the reader guess the animal.

[Vivian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is WONDERFUL to use in story time. I am so sad it is currently out of print. I snagged our copy en route to the booksale. It is a great warm-up story because it asks questions and has flaps that reveal the answers. There are lots of descriptive and visual clues so the crowd always guesses correctly and is delighted to see they are right.

One of the creatures is a crocodile (related to the alligator), so this book introduced the Alligators All Around story today.

[Meghan Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book for toddlers and young preschoolers. Part of the animals are covered by a flap and children try to guess what animal it is before they lift the flap to see the whole picture. This is a fun, interactive book.

[Phyll]

it's cute and i like the interactive aspect but the author could've made the end a bit more diverse, maybe with multiple children instead of just one little blonde boy under the word "me"