The Little Giant Book Of Knock Knocks

Are you ready to say "knock-knock" nearly a thousand times? Then here's a collection to last you a lifetime, or until you've driven your parents and friends crazy, whichever comes first. This is the biggest knock-knock treasury you'll ever find. While you fill the neighborhood with laughs, you'll also enjoy dozens of zany cartoon drawings that show just how ridiculous these jokes can be! 352 pages, 180 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Are you ready to say "Knock-knock" nearly a thousand times? Then here's a collection to last you a lifetime, or until you've driven your parents and friends crazy, whichever comes first. This is the biggest knock-knock treasury you'll ever find. Since it's an encyclopedia, you start with A: Knock-Knock. Who's there? Abby and Manny. Abby and Manny who? Abby birthday and Manny happy returns. And you end with Z: Knock-knock. Who's there? Zombies. Zombies who? Zombies make honey, zombies don't. While you fill the neighborhood with laughs (and groans), you'll also enjoy dozens of zany cartoon drawings that show just how ridiculous a knock-knock joke can be. Ready? You know how they're supposed to start, so here are the endings, and you supply what comes before: Adam up and send me the bill. Candidate be changed to Friday? Ferdinand is worth two in the bush. Ice pick for the people of this country. Kansas really be happening to me? Mary Lee we roll along. Noah good place to eat around here? Oliver the world people are telling knock-knock jokes. What you see is not always what you get! Imagine bats and birds that look like faces! Macabre skulls that appear on anything white! 3 donkeys with only 3 ears between them! And walls that disappear! You no longer have to imagine, once you've entered the world of optical illusions, where nothing is as it seems and first impressions are just that -- impressions, not the truth! Examine drawings, some of them from designs thousands of years old that fool the eye into believing a flat surface is three-dimensional or that coils are rolling from left to right across the page, and simple sentences sure to slip you up -- plus more. Find out about closure, lines of perspective, "the Rubin Vase," and how these tools and techniques can help untangle the fascinating tricks found in this mind-bending volume. After making your way through, try and create some puzzling pictures all your own.

"Rules, strategies, history. Master Chickenfoot, One-arm Joe, Seven-toed Pete, and many other games."--Cover.

Get smart--give your brain a super-sized workout that's fun, challenging, and mind-expanding! You'll really have to keep your wits about you as you tackle six big sections filled with puzzles and tricks of every sort, from the visual to the verbal. Try critical thinking and lateral thinking questions, where you'll have to "work outside the box," forget your assumptions, and look at the problem from a fresh viewpoint. Whodunits have all the pleasures of a mystery--but you're the detective trying to figure it out! Be "number one" at math conundrums, and open your eyes and look sharp when you tackle the picture puzzles and optical illusions. Give this a shot and find out if you can be a "toothpick architect"! Build a house using 11 toothpicks as shown in the diagram. See if you can make the house face the opposite direction by moving only one toothpick. Answer: Move one of the toothpicks in the roof.

Ghosts, specters, and spooksoh my! These scary, creepy, spine-chilling, and thrilling tales will turn Halloween into a real fright nightbut theyre also great any time a kid craves a little hair-raising amusement. With more than 350 pages, there are plenty of otherwordly shivers to please any daring and wide-eyed young reader.

Pick a card, any card--but DON'T pick any other card book! This one's beyond compare, the biggest and the best, with 352 pages of fabulous sleights and tricks that will amaze your friends. "Force" your volunteers to choose the right card; make false cuts and shuffles; do double lifts; sneak a peek; and much more. With a little practice, ideas for presentation, and great hints on making magic with your deck, you'll put on a show-stopping performance every time. 352 pages, 156 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Contains hundreds of interesting trivia questions and answers on a variety of subjects.

A collection of hundreds of knock-knock jokes, arranged alphabetically.