Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? And Other Riddles, Old And New

by Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson (Compiler), Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator)

Here's a laugh-out-loud collection of silly, kooky jokes, bad puns, and wacky witticisms, all certain to please the grade-school set. Vigorous line drawings extend and enhance every groan-inducing line. "A delightful collection....Be sure to take this one out for fun."--School Library Journal.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Jokes, Humor

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Joanna Cole, who also wrote under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet, was an author of children’s books who teaches science.

She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Joanna Cole wrote over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroach to her famous series Magic School Bus.

Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange. She loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She attended the University of Massachusetts and Indiana University before graduating from the City College of New York with a B.A. in psychology. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole subsequently became a letters correspondent at Newsweek, and then a senior editor for Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

Reviews

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute collection of jokes.
Nice and short
answers upside down

A little over my preschoolers, but perfect for first graders. Loved the way it was organized

[Shayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book includes a lot of jokes children can use. Some of them are pretty creative. There are black and white pictures included next to some jokes.
I liked this book because some of the jokes in it are pretty cute. There are some that are not the best jokes, but it still tries to be funny. I like that this book doesn’t have just jokes and answers, but it also includes pictures for the readers to look at. The joke is stated, and then the answer is written upside down underneath the joke.
I would use these jokes with my children. Children love jokes! And these ones would be easy for them to figure out. They would have a blast telling these jokes to other friends and their teachers.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and fun--clean riddles for young children.