title: ABC Animal Riddles
author:  Susan Joyce 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 3-Using a familiar format, this author and illustrator team has created a dynamite book. For each letter of the alphabet there is a mystery animal whose identity can be guessed from clues in the accompanying rhyming riddle. The first and last letter of the creatures' names are also provided. Many are familiar-monkey, snail, and turtle, for example; but several not so familiar beasts-newt, quail, and zebu-also stalk these pages. The rhymes are packed with vivid descriptions: "I'm five letters long. I start with a Q./I roam through the woods/and through grassy fields, too./Bob-Bob-white! I chatter/while my noisy wings clatter./People hunt me for game./Can you guess my name?" At the end of the book, the animals are listed, along with a page of "Ideas for Parents and Teachers." The full-color illustrations are also splendidly mysterious, for only a part of each animal is depicted. The appealing cover in bold colors will draw children to this book while the riddles will captivate them.<br /><i>Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI</i><br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Chapter 1: WIGS AND BEARDS
  
  Chapter 2: A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
  
  Chapter 3: GO, TEAM!
  
  Chapter 4: TOP TEACHER
  
  Chapter 5: THE WINNING IDEA
  
  Chapter 6: WHO WOULD DO THAT?
  
  Chapter 7: CONFETTI AND STREAMERS
  
  Chapter 8: TICKET TROUBLE
  
  Chapter 9: A NEW TWIST
  
  Chapter 10: THE MOST TICKETS
  
  ‘Heidi Heckelbeck Makes a Wish’ Excerpt
  
  About Wanda Coven and Priscilla Burris
  
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  Heidi had her very own classroom in the playroom. She had a chalkboard, a
  desk, and a pointer. She even had students: a stuffed panda; a stuffed
  kangaroo; and her little brother, Henry. They all sat on small wooden chairs
  in front of Heidi, who was, of course, the teacher. She called herself Mrs.
  Applegarth.
  
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  Mrs. Applegarth tapped the chalkboard with her pointer. “Class, what can you
  tell me animals do when they’re scared?”
  
  Henry raised his hand. Mrs. Applegarth called on him.
  
  “Skunks spray stink bombs when th