Hey Crazy Riddle - Softcover

Cooke, Trish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845073789 ISBN 13: 9781845073787

Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books, 2006

Why does the agouti have no tail? How did the dog lose his bone? Why can't the wasp make honey? Find the answer to these and other intriguing questions in Trish Cooke's exciting collection of Caribbean tales. The stories are told in a gentle rhyming style and introduce elements of local dialect, but remain easy to understand and appealing to children developing their independent reading.

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About the Author:

Trish Cooke was born in Bradford and comes from a Dominican family. She has written several books for children including So Much, which won the Kurt Maschler Award, the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and the She/WH Smiths Under Fives Book Prize. Trish has worked as a presenter on BBC's children's television programmes and hosted a radio programme. To visit the website of Trish Cooke click here

Review:

Wit and language play bounces off every page in these stories awash with rhymes, rhythms and alliterations.

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