The Riddle of the Stones and Other Unsolved Mysteries

By Daniel Cohen and David Cohen

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590937138
• ISBN13: 9780590937139
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Riddle of the Stones

ISBN 0590937138 - The title is vague enough to make me uncertain, when I first picked it up, whether it was fiction or non-fiction. It's non-fiction, something I haven't come across often enough in kids' books. Each short chapter of this small book covers a mystery. It doesn't go into great detail, but gives the basics of the story, which is a nice way to whet the appetite of the reader. With any luck, the truly curious child will want to learn more about them and seek out more books devoted to specific mysteries mentioned here. They include the Tunguska Event, the Mary Celeste, UFOs, alien abduction, Stonehenge, Atlantis, Kaspar Hauser, the Bermuda Triangle, Oak Island, King Arthur, spontaneous human combustion and crop circles. Some of these will be unknown even to adults, which can make searching out more information that much more fun! The book doesn't state any particular opinion, but presents the facts and theories of others, allowing the reader to arrive at their own conclusion. Not the best book I've ever read on the topics, but a simple introduction. Likely to appeal to both boys and girls, and hopefully to encourage independent research and new interests in young readers.

Not just for kids.

I found this book to be an entertaining and well written introduction to the mysteries written about. Its just the kind of book I would have loved as a kid and as an adult, I enjoyed it a lot.It makes you want to know more about the mysteries that are in the book. Its written for kids, but I think even adults would enjoy reading it as well. Another thing I found refreshing is that because it is written for kids, its not weighted down with a lot of the esoteric language that a lot of books on this subject are. It makes for a nice change sometimes.