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Books with author Giulio Maestro

  • Riddle Roundup: A Wild Bunch to Beef Up Your Word Power

    Giulio Maestro

    Paperback (Sandpiper, Sept. 25, 1989)
    Sixty-two rowdy riddles will tickle the funny bone as they introduce young readers to new words and encourage them to use words they already know in different ways.
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  • Leopard and the Noisy Monkeys

    Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1979)
    Leopard and his friends do not think it is at all funny that the noisy monkeys keep them awake all night
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  • The Tortoise's Tug of War

    Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster, March 15, 1972)
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  • Razzle-Dazzle Riddles

    Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Clarion Books, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Riddles featuring witty puns and word play challenge young readers to find the answers in a series of clues found in the illustrations
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  • What Do You Hear When Cows Sing?: And Other Silly Riddles

    Marco Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Feb. 1, 1996)
    A collection of original riddles such as "What kind of bugs like toast?" and "Why did the bug stay at home?" provides the reader with the joy of wordplay
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  • Take a Look at Snakes

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Paperback (Scholastic, May 1, 1997)
    A look at snakes dispels the many myths about these unique reptiles, presenting hundreds of facts and lively color artwork. By the author and illustrator of Snow Day and A Sea Full of Sharks.
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  • one more and one less: a number concept book

    giulio maestro

    Hardcover (Crown, March 15, 1974)
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  • Geese Find the Missing Piece: School Time Riddle Rhymes

    Giulio Maestro, Marco Maestro

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Aug. 4, 1999)
    Where do polar hears learn their ABCs.The chilly students go to a cool school! Beginning readers will have a ton of fun guessing the rhyming answers to these twenty-two original riddles about school.Marco and Giulio Maestro's first I Can Read Book, What Do You Hear When Cows Sing?: and Other Silly Riddles, won this praise from Booklist: "Puns and wordplay are a great way to show new readers that books can be joyful nonsense. The questions are as entertaining as the answers, and the overblown pictures pick up the playful connections. These jokes need sharing."
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  • It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech

    Marvin Terban, Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Clarion Books, Oct. 1, 1993)
    A lively guide by the author of twelve wordplay books shows the difference between "OK" sentences and dramatic, memorable, or funny ones, while explaining similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole, and personification.
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  • Raft of Riddles: 2

    Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 29, 1982)
    Answers such questions as "What do trees drink at a party?" and "What games do eggs play?"
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  • The Key to the Kingdom

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Harcourt Childrens Books, March 1, 1982)
    Retells the traditional nursery rhyme which takes the reader through the kingdom and through the day.
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  • Lambs for Dinner

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Paperback (Outlet, Jan. 1, 1980)
    Maestro, Betsy, Maestro, Giulio
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