Ask Me Another One! Riddles at School (Riddle Me This) by Lisa Regen

 

Why is a piano so hard to open

Because all the keys are inside.

Lisa Regen's Riddles at School (Riddle Me This!) (Windmill Books) is not for the unschooled. These are real brain teasers, and some of the them are real brain twisters too:

What chemical substance is this: HIJKLMNO?

Water (H to O)

Author Lisa Regen covers school subjects, but some of her teasers also require logic.

If a doctor is likely to catch a cold at work, what does a pilot on the job catch?

A PLANE!

And for those lovers of vocabulary, there are specialty riddles called Tom Swifties, in which the fun is to complete the sentence with an appropriate adjective turned into a adverb.

"I itch all over, but I won't go to the doctor," said Tim, _ _ _ _ ly."

RASH

In this title from the Riddle Me This series, author Regen pretty much covers the curriculum, with all subjects, right down to the music room.

"What does the violinist say when she hits a wrong note?"

"Fiddlesticks!!"

For riddle-loving readers, this one gives middle readers a chance to have their riddles and be educated, too. Other books for the scholarly riddler are Regen's Riddles at Home (Riddle Me This!) and Underwater Riddles (Riddle Me This!).