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Lisa Regan
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Published in 2015 by Windmi Books, An
Imprint of Rosen Publishing, 29 East 21st
Street, New York, NY 10010
Copyright Arcturus Holdings Ltd.
A rights reserved. No part of this book may be
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First Edition
Text: Lisa Regan
Iustrations: Moreno Chiacchiera
(Beehive Iustration)
Design: Notion Design
Editor: Joe Harris
Assistant editor: Frances Evans
US editor: Joshua Shadowens
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-
Publication Data
Regan, Lisa, 1971
Riddles at home / by Lisa Regan.
First edition.
page cm (Riddle me this!)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4777-9169-1 (library
binding) ISBN 978-1-4777-9170-7
(pbk.) ISBN 978-1-4777-9171-4 (6-pack)
1. Riddles, Juvenile. 2. Dweings
Juvenile humor. 3. Housekeeping
Juvenile humor. I. Title.
PN6371.5.R4653 2015
818.602dc23
Printed in the United States
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Riddles ............................................
Answers ......................................
Glossary, Further Reading,
Websites, and Index ..............
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
1 If a red house
is made of red
bricks and a
brown house is
made of brown
bricks, what is
a green house
made of?
3 I turn around once,
What is out will not get in.
I turn around again,
What is in will not get out.
What am I?
2 What goes up and down the
stairs without moving?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
6 What kind of transportation
has eight wheels but can only
carry one passenger?
7 What has
six wheels
and flies?
4 What comes
with a car, goes
with a car, is of
no use to the car,
but the car cannot
go without it?
5 There are two in a corner,
but only one in a room; there
is one in an apartment and
one in a shelter, but none in a
mansion. What is it?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
9 I sing when Im struck or
whenever they shake me.
By mold and cast, the craftsmen
make me.
8 I ask no questions, but you feel the
need to answer me. What am I?
10 What do you
break just by
saying its name?
11 What do you
call a man who
stands outside the
front door all day?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
13 What advice
do you get from
your hands?
Mystery Word
EACH LINE OF THIS PUZZLE IS A CLUE
TO A LETTER. CAN YOU DISCOVER THE
HIDDEN WORD?
My first is in bread but
never in dear,
My seconds in yell and
also in cheer.
My third is in duffle and also in hood,
My fourth is in word but isnt in wood.
My fifth and my sixth are letters the same.
A baboon and a rooster have two
in their name.
My last is in temper and moody and slam.
My whole is at homedo you know
where I am?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
16 Tobys mom went into the hospital to
have her appendix removed. His sister
went into the
hospital a month
later to have her
tonsils taken out.
A week after that,
Toby needed a
growth from his
head removed.
Why didnt he
go to the hospital,
too?
15 You have to poke me in the eye
to get me to do what you want. I
often live in a box, but youd never
find me in a haystack. What am I?
14 What belongs to you, but other
people use it much more than you do?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
17 What has four
legs and a back but
cant walk?
19 Divided, we are four families
two are red and two are black.
What are we when we are
together?
18 I am buried in wood from one
end to the other, but my head is on
show while I hold things together.
Do you know what I am?
20 I am very good at what I do,
I do my job whenever
you want,
And Im always on time
But nobody likes me.
What am I?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 28
22 What is being described here?
When I am full, I can point the way,
But when I am empty, I lie still.
I keep you warm on a snowy day,
But Im useless when its sunny.
21 What is two feet long but can be
all different sizes?
23 Why did the computer
nerd throw away his shirt?
24 What
has a neck
but no head,
and two
arms but no
hands?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 29
28 What is shown here?
Wear
Clean
27 When is a coat
no use to keep out
the cold?
25 Why are warm
and comfortable
indoor shoes
just like
banana skins?
26 I have a tongue but no
mouth. I am no good to you
on my own. What am I?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 29
31 What has a head and
a tail, but no legs?
29 What five-letter word
becomes shorter when you add
two letters to it?
30 A pill and a cry of painput
them together, and you can rest
your sore head. What am I?
32 Rosies mom has
three daughters. She
has chosen their names
carefully. The oldest is
named April, and the
middle one is named
May. What is the
youngest one called?
Riddles at Home
Answers on page 29
34 Which
burns longer,
a short, fat
candle or a
tall, thin one?
Mystery Word
EACH LINE OF THIS PUZZLE IS A CLUE TO A LETTER.