Still More Stories to Solve - Softcover

Shannon, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688147437 ISBN 13: 9780688147433

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1996

Synopsis

The third book in the addictive puzzle-book series presents fourteen tales, each of which poses a riddle that needs a solution. And if you don't get the answer, just look at the end of the story. Clever, witty illustrations are an intriguing bonus.

About this title

About the Author:

George Shannon is a popular storyteller and former children's librarian whose many notable picture books include Tomorrow's Alphabet, Lizard's Guest, and White Is for Blueberry. Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!, illustrated by Laura Dronzek, was named a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book. George Shannon lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Akbar the Emperor draws a line across the floor and challenges his jester Birbal to make it shorter without erasing anything. Ordered never to set foot on Ethiopian soil again, Abunuwas finds a way to obey without leaving his home. A blind singer contrives to regain the treasure a thief saw him bury. Shannon continues to challenge our ingenuity with 14 lucidly retold puzzle tales, gathered from many traditions, all solvable by clear thinking and careful reading--Birbal makes the line ``shorter'' by drawing a longer one next to it, and Abunuwas wears bags of Egyptian soil on his feet. Solutions are provided on the page following each story. As in this collection's two predecessors, Sis's stippled, freely drawn figures enhance the lighthearted tone, and Shannon carefully notes at least two sources for each tale. Accessible, wise, and richly humorous. (Folk Tales. 9-12) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0688147437
• ISBN 13: 9780688147433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Sis Peter