• Age: 6 to 8
• Grade: 1 to 3

Lots of funny creatures are featured in this riddle collection perfect for the emerging independent reader. This stage in development is just when children are interested in telling, inventing and understanding jokes and riddles. What better way to get them excited about reading than to offer them a Level 3 first reader which feeds both their interest in riddles and their sense of humor!

Marilyn Helmer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, moved to New Brunswick, then to Quebec, then to Ireland, then back to Canada, all before she was five years old. Perhaps that is why she loves to travel, both in North America and abroad. Marilyn's main passion though is writing for children. She discovered a knack for storytelling at a very young age when she made up wild and creative excuses for the occasional bout of mischief. In elementary school she became an avid Nancy Drew fan. With a couple of like-minded friends, she began writing and telling her own mystery stories. But it wasn't until many years later, when she started reading to her son and daughter, that Marilyn's dream of writing for children was born. Success did not happen overnight but it did happen. Marilyn's stories, poems and articles have appeared in children's magazines and anthologies in Canada and the United States. Her published books include picturebooks, chapter books, novels, riddle books and retold fairy tales.

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Eric Parker is an illustrator whose work has been featured in magazines, newspapers and children’s books. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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