THE
EVERYTHING®
KIDS'
GIANT
BOOK OF JOKES,
RIDDLES, AND
BRAIN TEASERS
Michael Dahl, Kathi Wagner, Aubrey Wagner, and Aileen Weintraub
PUBLISHER Karen Cooper
DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION Paula Munier
MANAGING EDITOR, EVERYTHING® SERIES Lisa Laing
COPY CHIEF Casey Ebert
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Katrina Schroeder
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Brett Palana-Shanahan
ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Hillary Thompson
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Ross Weisman
EVERYTHING® SERIES COVER DESIGNER Erin Alexander
LAYOUT DESIGNERS Colleen Cunningham, Elisabeth Lariviere, Ashley Vierra, Denise Wallace
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Contains material adapted and abridged from The Everything® Kids' Joke Book by Michael Dahl, copyright © 2001 by F+W Media, Inc., ISBN 10: 1-58062-686-6, ISBN 13: 978-1-58062-686-6; The Everything® Kids' Knock Knock Book by Aileen Weintraub, copyright © 2004 by F+W Media, Inc., ISBN 10: 1-59337-127-6, ISBN-13: 978-1-59337-127-2; The Everything® Kids' Riddles & Brain Teasers Book by Kathi Wagner and Aubrey Wagner, copyright © 2004 by F+W Media, Inc., ISBN 10: 1-59337-036-9, ISBN-13: 978-1-59337-036-7.
ISBN 10: 1-4405-0633-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-4405-0633-8
eISBN 10: 1-4405-0634-5
eISBN 13: 978-1-4405-0634-5
Printed by RR Donnelley, Harrisonburg, VA, US
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August 2010
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Interior illustrations by Kurt Dobler and Barry Littmann. Puzzles by Beth L. Blair.
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contents
Crazy Colors (or Hue Must Be Nuts!)
Ring the Doorbell! (Knock Knock Jokes)
The World's Seven Best Limericks