Remember Betsy Floss: And Other Colonial American Riddles

By David A. Adler

Book Overview

An illustrated collection of humorous riddles about American colonial life and the Revolution. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823406644
• ISBN13: 9780823406647
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Fun Way to Learn

This book of humor should facilitate students learning and enjoyment of early American history. Who was given thread to sew a flag but cleaned her teeth instead? Betsy Floss. Why did Benjamin Franklin fly his kite? He got a charge out of it. This book contains amusing cartoons and would be fun for middle and upper elementary grades. The simplicity of this book's content may provide a useful vehicle to check knowledge of pre-reading fundamentals of print concepts.