What Am I?: Very First Riddles

by Stephanie Calmenson, Karen Gundersheimer (Illustrator)

A collection of easy-to-read riddles in verse about everyday objects.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Stephanie Calmenson's many popular titles include concept books, funny school stories, poetry collections, books about dogs and, with Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole, anthologies and beginning reader chapter books.

Stephanie's books have been called "marvelous" (PW), "lyrical" (SLJ), "hilarious" (SLJ), "sweet, funny, and right on the mark" (Booklist).

Before turning to writing, Stephanie was a teacher, a children's book editor, and Editorial Director of Parents Magazine's Read-Aloud Book Club.

Website: my link text

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has really easy riddles to solve, although I am an adult, so not sure how the difficulty level would be for children. This book made me happy because I am so terrible at riddles. Even though these were easy I still got excited when I got them right. Overall the book was okay.

[Sandra Y. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book Very First Riddles was a cute, book with simple riddles. It had excellent clues in both picture and word format. I would recommend this book for first to second grade.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of easy-to-read riddles in verse about everyday objects.