More Stories to Solve
Fifteen Folktales From Around the World
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 6, 2001
From the author/illustrator team behind Stories to Solve, here are eleven more twisty mysteries for tweens who like to puzzle it out.
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- Who it’s for
- Folktales turn clever mysteries into chances to think alongside the teller.
- Themes
- Brain-teasing mysteries, Clever problem-solving, Folktales from around the world
- Genres
- Mysteries & Detective Stories, Short Stories, Myths & Fables
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From the author/illustrator team behind Stories to Solve, here are eleven more twisty mysteries for tweens who like to puzzle it out. A great choice for emerging readers who are ready for chapter books and like puzzles, brain-twisters, and more. How did they do it? How did a single firefly win a fight against one hundred apes? How did the priest catch a thief with a rooster? How did a student outwit the king? How did a frog escape from the pitcher of cream?
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These and eleven more tantalizing, brain-teasing mysteries are waiting in the pages of this book.
Folktales to Untangle
Folktales turn clever mysteries into chances to think alongside the teller.
Come here for
- Puzzles woven through folktales
- Clever solutions from around the world
Expect
- Twisty mysteries that invite you to guess along
- A chapter-book mix of folktales and brain-teasers
Where it sits
| Mysteries & Detective Stories | 68% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories | 34% |
| Myths & Fables | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fairy Tale Collections
- Country & Ethnic Folktales
- Folktale Retellings
- Funny Stories
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- Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Short Stories
- Activity Books
- Stories in Verse
- Authors
- George Shannon
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 6, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Brain-teasing mysteries · Clever problem-solving · Folktales from around the world
- Reading lane
- Fairy Tale Collections