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2004 Hackmatack

Children's Choice Book Award/Prix littéraire - le choix de jeunes

What's black and white and read all over? This cool new book, that's what! Jam-packed with a vast array of first-rate jokes, clever riddles, amazing facts, baffling brain bogglers, amusing puzzles, and dazzling optical illusions, Ha! Ha! Ha! is 128 richly entertaining pages of fun, learning and wonder.

Wonderful amusements are paired with a plenitude of ingenious and lighthearted fact sidebars related to the jokes. For instance, not only will you learn why elephants are wrinkled (Would you like to try to iron one?) but you will find out how elephants use their ears to keep cool in the African sun. Dianne Eastman's illustrations add whimsy and wit to this rich feast of entertainment and enlightenment for young readers.

Lyn Thomas has spent 25 years in the communications business. She worked for many years with Owl and Chickadee magazines and was a contributing editor on You Asked?, the Owl Mini-Books, Summer Fun and Winter Fun, all from Owl Books. Lyn currently lives in Victoria, B.C.

Thematic Links

• Jokes, riddle puzzles
• Having fun with language
• Comedy, what makes people laugh
• Entertainment

Suggested Activities

• Make up your own jokes (see page 66 for hints).
• Illustrate your own jokes.
• Do a video of your friends acting out jokes.