The Everything Kids Riddles & Brain Teasers Book (21 page)

www.humormatters.com/kidsjoke.htm
— Humor Matters features jokes and riddles for kids and is updated weekly.

www.justriddlesandmore.com
—Just Riddles and More focuses on riddle puzzles, but also offers other types of logic and thinking puzzles.

www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids
— The “Games” section of the National Geographic Kids Magazine online offers stories, games, and surprises any kid would enjoy.

www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/braint.htm
— NIEHS Kids Page Brainteasers, Puzzles, and Riddles, presented by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is a good way to introduce kids to environmental science, and it also includes a lot of fun games.

http://pbskids.org/libertyskids
—The PBS Liberty's Kids Web site offers cartoon games, word searches, and riddle riots, plus lots more.

www.squiglysplayhouse.com/BrainTeasers/
—Squigly's Brain Teasers for Kids offers challenging brain teasers as well as links to other puzzles, jokes, and games.

http://thinks.com/brainteasers/
—
Thinks.com
boasts 120 challenging brain teasers organized into sets of four puzzles.

Appendix B
Fun Books

696 Silly School Jokes and Riddles
by Joseph Rosenbloom, New York: Sterling Publishing Co.; reprint edition, 1987.

1000 Play Thinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions and Games
by Ivan Moscovich, Ian Stewart, and Tim Robinson (Illustrator), New York: Workman Publishing Company, Spiral edition, 2001.

Are You Smart, or What? A Bizarre Book of Games and Fun for Everyone
by Pasqual J. Battaglia and Pat Battaglia, Charlotte, NC: International Puzzle Features, 1st edition, 2001.

Biggest Riddle Book in the World
by Joseph Rosenbloom and Joyce Behr (illustrator), New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1983.

Calculator Riddles
by David A. Adler and Cynthia Fisher (illustrator), New York: Holiday House, 1996.

Classic Brainteasers
by Martin Gardner and Jeff Sinclair (illustrator), New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1995.

The Dove Dove: Funny Homograph Riddles
by Marvin Terban and Thomas Huffman (illustrator), New York: Clarion Books, 1988.

Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles
by Marvin Terban and Giulio Maestro (illustrator), Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1982.

Funny You Should Ask: How to Make Up Jokes and Riddles with Wordplay
by Marvin Terban and John O'Brien (illustrator), Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992.

Giggle Fit: Goofy Riddles
by Joseph Rosenbloom and Steve Harpster (Author), New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2002.

Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
(2 volumes in 1) by Martin Gardner and Laszlo Kubinyi (illustrator), Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1988.

Pun and Games: Jokes, Riddles, Rhymes, Daffynitions, Tairy Fales, and More Wordplay for Kids
by Richard Lederer and Dave Morice (illustrator), Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1996.

Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles
by Lewis Carroll and Edward Wakeling (compiler), Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1996.

So You Think You're Smart: 150 Fun and Challenging Brain Teasers
by Pat Battaglia, Charlotte, NC: International Puzzle Features, 2nd edition, 2002.

The Great Book of Mind Teasers and Mind Puzzlers
by George Summers, New York: Sterling Publishing, 1986.

Too Hot to Hoot: Funny Palindrome Riddles
by Marvin Terban and Giulio Maestro (illustrator), Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.

World's Toughest Tongue Twisters
by Joseph Rosenbloom and Dennis Kendrick (illustrator), New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1987.

Appendix C
Glossary

amusement:
What people do or use in order to entertain themselves or someone else. Silly or fun things are used to amuse people every day.

brain teaser:
A question or test used to tease and entertain our brains. Some types of brain teasers also stimulate our funny bones. These popular little puzzles or mysteries have been around for a long time.

comedy:
A type of amusement that relies on humor to entertain people. Funny stories and actions are often used in a comedy routine.

conundrum:
A conundrum is a riddle that has a pun (or something with two different meanings) for the answer. Here's an example: Why was the letter B in a boat? He was going out to C. But there's another meaning to “conundrum”—it could also be a dilemma or a problem that cannot be solved.

dream:
A group of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience during the REM (rapid eye movement) portion of your sleep. Another type of dreaming is daydreaming—imagining something while you are awake.

enigma:
An enigma is a phrase or question that is confusing or hard to understand. Enigmas or riddles have been used throughout time to test one's ability to solve a puzzle or mystery.

ESP:
Extrasensory perception is the believed ability to have a type of sixth sense. Someone who claims to be able to read your mind or know your thoughts is said to have ESP.

genius:
Someone who is considered to be extremely intelligent. Most people believe that geniuses are born that way and that a person can't just be taught to become a genius.