Download or read book Elephants in the Bathtub and Other Silly Riddles written by Cartwheel Books and published by Cartwheel Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique lift-the-flap joke book features zany elephant jokes and bright, bold, and hysterical illustrations by Brenda Sexton. Each spread has three flaps with jokes on them. Lift each flap to find the answer to silly questions and see what those crazy elephants will do next! Just try to contain your giggles--bet you can't

Download or read book Riddles written by Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj and published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riddles are a journey into a fascinating world rich in delightful metaphors and ambiguity. This book is based on material drawn from all over the world and analyses both traditional true riddles and contemporary joking questions. It introduces the reader to different riddling situations and the many functions of riddles, wich vary from education to teasing, and from defusing a heated situation to entertainment. In addition to providing a survey of international riddle scholarship, the book has a comprehensive bibliography with suggestions for further reading.

Download or read book The Game of Humor written by Charles R. Gruner and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person. From everyday quips to the carefully contrived comedy of literature, newspapers, and television we experience humor in many forms, yet the impetus for our laughter is far from innocuous. Misfortune, stupidity, and moral or cultural defects, however faintly revealed in others and ourselves, seem to make us laugh. Although discomforting, such negative terms as superiority, aggression, hostility, ridicule, or degradation can be applied to instances of humor. According to scholars, Thomas Hobbes's "superiority theory"—that humor arises from mischances, infirmities, and indecencies, where there is no wit at all—applies to most humor. With the exception of good-natured play, Charles R. Gruner claims that humor is rarely as innocent as it first appears. Gruner's proposed superiority theory of humor is all-encompassing. In The Game of Humor, he expands the scope of Hobbes's theory to include and explore the contest aspect of "good-natured" play. As such, the author believes all instances of humor can be examined as games, in terms of competition and keeping score—winners and losers. Gruner draws on a broad spectrum of thought-provoking examples. Holocaust jokes, sexual humor, the racialist dialogue of such comic characters as Stepin Fetchit and Archie Bunker, simple puns, and many of the author's own encounters with everyday humor. Gruner challenges the reader to offer a single example of humor that cannot be "de-humorized" by its agonistic nature. The Game of Humor makes intriguing and enjoyable reading for people interested in humor and the aspects of human motivation. This book will also be valuable to professionals in communication and information studies, sociologists, literary critics and linguists, and psychologists concerned with the conflicts and tensions of everyday life.

Download or read book There s an Elephant in the Bathtub written by Jo Albee and published by McClanahan Book. This book was released on 1992 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjy's active imagination produces colorful explanations for the nighttime noises he hears while lying in bed.

Download or read book The Wonder of it All written by Nancy Jane Johnson and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors describe how K-8 teachers can utilize the power of children's literature to guide, inform, and inspire students. They provide strategies for how to integrate literature throughout the school day to build community, promote inquiry, and create readers and writers. Recommended books grouped by specific classroom goals are included.

Download or read book An Unknown Sky written by Susan Midalia and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Midalia's second collection of short stories offers a compelling variety of characters, all of them 'travellers' in search of connection and belonging, including: tourists in Moscow and Vienna confronted by the weight of history * a young student teacher discovering her capacity for compassion * a teenage boy defending his mother's reputation * a brother anguished by his sister's illness * a widow infatuated with a troubled young man. Written with eloquence, grace, and emotional generosity, the stories in this collection seek to understand people rather than to judge them, inviting the reader to reflect on the longings and regrets that make up who we are. Susan Midalia's stories are about ordinary people and the secrets and fears that lie beneath the cracked veneer of domesticity and suburban complacency.

Download or read book Funny Riddles written by Jacqueline Horsfall and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep kids cracking up for hours with these ridiculously fun riddles. What happened to the skunk that fell into the bathtub? It stunk all the way to the bottom. Why was the broom late for school? It overswept. What television programs do cows watch? Moo-vies. It's a guaranteed laugh riot!

Download or read book Squeaky Clean Super Funny Riddles for Kidz written by Craig Yoe and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squeaky Clean Riddles to Tickle Your Funny Bone Squeaky Clean Super Funny Riddles for Kidz. From Craig Yoe, the former Creative Director, Vice President, and General Manager of Jim Henson's Muppets-and former Creative Director at Nickelodeon and Disney-comes a series of wholesome joke books for kids of all ages. Squeaky Clean Super Funny Riddles for Kidz is the fourth of the series and you’ll want to own them all! Laugh-out-loud (LOL) funny jokes. Craig, a retired pastor, believes that there is nothing better in life than making kids laugh and feel happy. He has been collecting jokes for years, and now he is releasing his hand-picked jokes for kids in the “Squeaky Clean” series. It’s packed with wholesome, edifying, LOL funny jokes and riddles to encourage reading and entertain children for hours. A career devoted to making kids happy. Yoe is the winner of an Eisner Award (the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards) and a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is an author, editor, art director, graphic designer, cartoonist and comics historian. Craig is currently operating Yoe! Studio creations and Yoe! Books. Publisher Weekly says he's the “archivist of the ridiculous and the sublime” and calls his work "brilliant." Library Journal “calls him a comics guru”. Jim Henson once said that “Craig brings with him his valuable creativity and enthusiasm. He has a nice mix of business and creative talent!” Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame quipped, “I keep buying books from Yoe Books as gifts, then keeping them for myself!” Perfect gift for kids (and parents and grandparents). If you and your kids have enjoyed books such as Silly Jokes for Silly Kids, Belly Laugh Jokes for Kids, or Laugh-Out-Loud A+ Jokes for Kids; you and your child will love Craig Yoe’s Squeaky Clean Super Funny Riddles for Kidz. No boogers, ghosts, witches, scary monsters, insults or put-downs-all giggle-filled good clean fun for young and old alike.

Download or read book Reading is Funny Motivating Kids to Read with Riddles written by Dee Anderson and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dee Anderson offers innovative ways to use riddles to make reading fun and keep readers coming back for more. Based on her work with children in schools and public libraries, she shares hundreds of riddles on popular subjects." "This book is brimming with scripts for puppet skits, sample PR materials, reproducible games, and easy-to-implement ideas that encourage even the most reluctant readers. School librarians, children's librarians, teachers, parents, and caregivers will find this a welcome aid to reinvigorate reading programs and storytimes."--BOOK JACKET.

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Download or read book Jokes and Their Relations written by Elliott Oring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone tells and appreciates jokes. Yet the nature of jokes has proved elusive. When asked what they really mean, people tend to laugh off the question, dismissing jokes as meaningless or too obvious to require explanation. Of those who have seriously sought to understand humor, most have explained jokes as expressions of aggression- a socially acceptable way of showing contempt and displaying superiority. Elliott Oring offers a fresh perspective on jokes and related forms of humor. Criticizing and modifying traditional concepts and methods of analysis, he delineates an approach that can explain the peculiarities of a wide variety of humorous expression. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Jokes and Their Relations will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered how jokes work and what they mean. Humor, Oring argues, depends upon the perception of an appropriate incongruity. The first step in understanding a joke, anecdote, or comic song is to unravel this incongruity. The second step is to locate the incongruity within particular individual, social, or cultural contexts. To understand the meaning of a joke, one must know something of its tellers, the social and historical circumstances of its telling, and its relation to a wider repertoire of expression.

Download or read book Funny Riddles written by Jacqueline Horsfall and published by Sterling. This book was released on 2003 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep your friends cracking up for hours with the hundreds of riddles contained here. What happened to the skunk that fell into the bathtub?" It stunk all the way to the bottom. "Why was the broom late for school? " It overswept." What television programs do cows watch?" Mooo-vies. "What kind of dancing do owls do?" The whoo-la." A quirky collection of question-and-answer craziness.

Download or read book Children s Books in Print 2007 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 1001 Riddles for Children written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oodles of Riddles written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents nine-hundred-forty-two riddles on a variety of subjects.

Download or read book The Funniest Joke Book Ever written by Editors of Portable Press and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 500 giggles, groans, and belly laughs! Kids can’t resist sharing jokes (even you try to stop them), so they always need a fresh supply. We’ve stuffed the pages of this little joke book with the funniest jokes we could find. Old favorites, new favorites, and a few festering stinkers, all guaranteed to make kids laugh out loud. You’ll find Q&A jokes, knock-knock jokes, riddles, and one-liners. And, of course, we’ve included entire chapters of those all-time kid-pleasers: elephant jokes, pirate jokes, and space jokes. Here’s a sampling: What's black and white, black and white, black and white? A penguin rolling down a hill. Why don’t zombies eat clowns? They taste funny. Why did the hen scold her chicks? They were using fowl language. What kind of books do skunks read? Best-smellers! How does Darth Vader like his toast? On the dark side. . . . and many more!

Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.