Be open to criticism as well as praise.
Share your story with those it could help.
Cover your assets.
Mind your Ps and Qs.
Have a spine.
Form binding friendships.
Be of good character.
Always read between the lines.
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine.
Though many wouldn’t need this thing, It’s more valuable than wine.
A BOOK
BOOK RIDDLES
A girl is sitting in a dark house at night. How is she able to read?
Are you on the library’s wifi?
How did the librarian slip and fall?
How do books about colors introduce themselves to the reader?
5. How do librarians flirt?
How do librarians show affection to the love of their lives?
How do libraries make sure novels stay warm?
How do you reach a book in the emergency room?
How many books can you put into an empty backpack?
10. I asked the librarian if she knew of any authors who wrote dinosaur novels. She said …
I had plans to begin reading a book about sinkholes, but …
I just finished this book about Mount Everest. It was …
Want to hear a joke about a piece of paper?
What book can’t you buy in a bookstore or take from the library?
15. What book did the librarian take out for her cat?
What book is impossible to put down?
What building has more stories than any story book?
What did the hen say to the librarian?
What did the librarian say to the person checking out 50 books?
20. What did the robber say when he stole from the bookstore?
What did the sketchbook say to the novel?
What did the wall say to the bookcase?
What do aliens like to read?
What do librarians do after they retire?
25. What do you call a group of cows that judge a book?
What does the librarian say when she has to leave?
What does the Mummy do when he goes to the library?
What has leaves that never fall, covered in wood, but easily ruined?
What kind of book does a rabbit like to read?
30. What type of books do owls like to read?
What would we get if we threw all the books in the ocean?
What’s a cat’s favorite book?
What’s the longest word in the dictionary?
When is a math book sad?
35. Where are the books on reincarnation kept in a library?
Where can you always find money?
Where do bedtime books sleep?
Where does the library keep books about Big Foot?
Where does the library keep books about conspiracies?
40. Who is always wanting someone’s digits?
Why can’t librarians finish mystery books?
Why can’t you go to the world’s biggest library?
Why couldn’t Shakespeare reserve a book at the library?
Why did Dracula go to the library?
45. Why did Frodo read Lord of the Rings 50 times?
What did one library book say to the other?
Why did the book decide to join the law enforcement profession?
Why did the book of incantations fail to work?
Why did the cardiologist recommend that his patients go to the library?
50. Why did the ghost keep coming back to the library?
Why did the library ban drinks?
Why do librarians love a good joke?
Why do some books just like being left alone?
Why does an elephant use his trunk as a bookmark?
55. Why does the skeleton go to the library?
Why is Walden considered to be a great book?
Why wasn’t I able to make a reservation at the library?
ANSWERS
A book
A cliff-hanger
A title wave
At the Returns Counter
Because of the Thoreau editing
Believe in your shelf
Book jackets
Call its pager
Cat in a Hat
Comet books
Don’t overdue it
He gets wrapped up in a good book
He heard they’re good for circulation
He likes to “bone up” on his favorite subject
He wanted a good book to sink his teeth into
He went through his books too quickly
Hooo-dunnits
I better book it out of here
I forgot my bok-bok-book
In the dictionary
It wanted to go undercover
It was hobbit forming
It’s always overbooked
I’ll meet you at the corner
I’m drawing a blank
I’m feeling a connection
Library
Never mind, it’s tearable
No holds, bard
One with a hoppy ending
One. After that it is not empty
Right behind you
She was working in the non-friction section
Smiles because there is a mile between each s
So he NOSE where he stopped reading
Someone poured milk on the serials
Telephone book
The Moo York Times
The Prince and the Paw-purr
The book on anti-gravity
The large-print section
The woman is blind and is reading braille
They always get the reference
They are withdrawn
They ask for your call number
They fell through
They forgot to run a spell check on it
They get ready for a new chapter in their life
They give them book jackets
They keep reading between the lines
They say ISBN thinking about you all day
They were completely booked
Time to book it
Try Sarah Topps
Under their covers
When it is full of problems
Yellow! Orange you happy that I will make you well red?
ANSWERS
pǝʞooq ʎๅǝʇǝๅdɯoɔ ǝɹǝʍ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ ʇɐ uoᴉʇɐʌɹǝsǝɹ ɐ ǝʞɐɯ oʇ ǝๅqɐ I ʇ’usɐʍ ʎɥM
ɓuᴉʇᴉpǝ nɐǝɹoɥꓕ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝsnɐɔǝꓭ ¿ʞooq ʇɐǝɹɓ ɐ ǝq oʇ pǝɹǝpᴉsuoɔ uǝpๅɐM sᴉ ʎɥM
ʇɔǝſqns ǝʇᴉɹoʌɐɟ sᴉɥ uo ˌˌdn ǝuoqˌˌ oʇ sǝʞᴉๅ ǝH ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ oɓ uoʇǝๅǝʞs ǝɥʇ sǝop ʎɥM
ɓuᴉpɐǝɹ pǝddoʇs ǝɥ ǝɹǝɥʍ ƎSON ǝɥ oS ¿ʞɹɐɯʞooq ɐ sɐ ʞunɹʇ sᴉɥ ǝsn ʇuɐɥdǝๅǝ uɐ sǝop ʎɥM
uʍɐɹpɥʇᴉʍ ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ǝuoๅɐ ʇɟǝๅ ɓuᴉǝq ǝʞᴉๅ ʇsnſ sʞooq ǝɯos op ʎɥM
ǝɔuǝɹǝɟǝɹ ǝɥʇ ʇǝɓ sʎɐʍๅɐ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ǝʞoſ pooɓ ɐ ǝʌoๅ suɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ op ʎɥM
sๅɐᴉɹǝs ǝɥʇ uo ʞๅᴉɯ pǝɹnod ǝuoǝɯoS ¿sʞuᴉɹp uɐq ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʎɥM
ʎๅʞɔᴉnb ooʇ sʞooq sᴉɥ ɥɓnoɹɥʇ ʇuǝʍ ǝH ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ ʞɔɐq ɓuᴉɯoɔ dǝǝʞ ʇsoɥɓ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʎɥM
uoᴉʇɐๅnɔɹᴉɔ ɹoɟ pooɓ ǝɹ’ʎǝɥʇ pɹɐǝɥ ǝH ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ oɓ sʇuǝᴉʇɐd sᴉɥ ʇɐɥʇ puǝɯɯoɔǝɹ ʇsᴉɓoๅoᴉpɹɐɔ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʎɥM
ʇᴉ uo ʞɔǝɥɔ ๅๅǝds ɐ unɹ oʇ ʇoɓɹoɟ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ʞɹoʍ oʇ ๅᴉɐɟ suoᴉʇɐʇuɐɔuᴉ ɟo ʞooq ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʎɥM
ɹǝʌoɔɹǝpun oɓ oʇ pǝʇuɐʍ ʇI ¿uoᴉssǝɟoɹd ʇuǝɯǝɔɹoɟuǝ ʍɐๅ ǝɥʇ uᴉoſ oʇ ǝpᴉɔǝp ʞooq ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʎɥM
ɟๅǝɥs ɹnoʎ uᴉ ǝʌǝᴉๅǝꓭ ¿ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ oʇ ʎɐs ʞooq ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝuo pᴉp ʇɐɥM
ɓuᴉɯɹoɟ ʇᴉqqoɥ sɐʍ ʇI ¿sǝɯᴉʇ 0૬ sɓuᴉꓤ ǝɥʇ ɟo pɹoꓶ pɐǝɹ opoɹꓞ pᴉp ʎɥM
oʇuᴉ ɥʇǝǝʇ sᴉɥ ʞuᴉs oʇ ʞooq pooɓ ɐ pǝʇuɐʍ ǝH ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ oɓ ɐๅnɔɐɹꓷ pᴉp ʎɥM
pɹɐq ʻspๅoɥ oN ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ ʇɐ ʞooq ɐ ǝʌɹǝsǝɹ ǝɹɐǝdsǝʞɐɥS ʇ’upๅnoɔ ʎɥM
pǝʞooqɹǝʌo sʎɐʍๅɐ s’ʇI ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ʇsǝɓɓᴉq s’pๅɹoʍ ǝɥʇ oʇ oɓ noʎ ʇ’uɐɔ ʎɥM
sǝuᴉๅ ǝɥʇ uǝǝʍʇǝq ɓuᴉpɐǝɹ dǝǝʞ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿sʞooq ʎɹǝʇsʎɯ ɥsᴉuᴉɟ suɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ʇ’uɐɔ ʎɥM
sʇǝʞɔɐſ ʞooꓭ ¿sʇᴉɓᴉp s’ǝuoǝɯos ɓuᴉʇuɐʍ sʎɐʍๅɐ sᴉ oɥM
noʎ puᴉɥǝq ʇɥɓᴉꓤ ¿sǝᴉɔɐɹᴉdsuoɔ ʇnoqɐ sʞooq dǝǝʞ ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ sǝop ǝɹǝɥM
uoᴉʇɔǝs ʇuᴉɹd-ǝɓɹɐๅ ǝɥꓕ ¿ʇooꓞ ɓᴉꓭ ʇnoqɐ sʞooq dǝǝʞ ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ sǝop ǝɹǝɥM
sɹǝʌoɔ ɹᴉǝɥʇ ɹǝpuꓵ ¿dǝǝๅs sʞooq ǝɯᴉʇpǝq op ǝɹǝɥM
ʎɹɐuoᴉʇɔᴉp ǝɥʇ uI ¿ʎǝuoɯ puᴉɟ sʎɐʍๅɐ noʎ uɐɔ ǝɹǝɥM
ɹǝʇunoꓛ suɹnʇǝꓤ ǝɥʇ ʇⱯ ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ɐ uᴉ ʇdǝʞ uoᴉʇɐuɹɐɔuᴉǝɹ uo sʞooq ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥM
sɯǝๅqoɹd ɟo ๅๅnɟ sᴉ ʇᴉ uǝɥM ¿pɐs ʞooq ɥʇɐɯ ɐ sᴉ uǝɥM
s ɥɔɐǝ uǝǝʍʇǝq ǝๅᴉɯ ɐ sᴉ ǝɹǝɥʇ ǝsnɐɔǝq sǝๅᴉɯS ¿ʎɹɐuoᴉʇɔᴉp ǝɥʇ uᴉ pɹoʍ ʇsǝɓuoๅ ǝɥʇ s’ʇɐɥM
ɹɹnd-ʍɐꓒ ǝɥʇ puɐ ǝɔuᴉɹꓒ ǝɥꓕ ¿ʞooq ǝʇᴉɹoʌɐɟ s’ʇɐɔ ɐ s’ʇɐɥM
ǝʌɐʍ ǝๅʇᴉʇ Ɐ ¿uɐǝɔo ǝɥʇ uᴉ sʞooq ǝɥʇ ๅๅɐ ʍǝɹɥʇ ǝʍ ɟᴉ ʇǝɓ ǝʍ pๅnoʍ ʇɐɥM
sʇᴉuunp-oooH ¿pɐǝɹ oʇ ǝʞᴉๅ sๅʍo op sʞooq ɟo ǝdʎʇ ʇɐɥM
ɓuᴉpuǝ ʎddoɥ ɐ ɥʇᴉʍ ǝuO ¿pɐǝɹ oʇ ǝʞᴉๅ ʇᴉqqɐɹ ɐ sǝop ʞooq ɟo puᴉʞ ʇɐɥM
ʞooq Ɐ ¿pǝuᴉnɹ ʎๅᴉsɐǝ ʇnq ʻpooʍ uᴉ pǝɹǝʌoɔ ʻๅๅɐɟ ɹǝʌǝu ʇɐɥʇ sǝʌɐǝๅ sɐɥ ʇɐɥM
ʞooq pooɓ ɐ uᴉ dn pǝddɐɹʍ sʇǝɓ ǝH ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ sǝoɓ ǝɥ uǝɥʍ op ʎɯɯnW ǝɥʇ sǝop ʇɐɥM
ʇᴉ ʞooq oʇ ǝɯᴉꓕ ¿ǝʌɐǝๅ oʇ sɐɥ ǝɥs uǝɥʍ ʎɐs uɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ sǝop ʇɐɥM
sǝɯᴉꓕ ʞɹo⅄ ooW ǝɥꓕ ¿ʞooq ɐ ǝɓpnſ ʇɐɥʇ sʍoɔ ɟo dnoɹɓ ɐ ๅๅɐɔ noʎ op ʇɐɥM
ǝɟᴉๅ ɹᴉǝɥʇ uᴉ ɹǝʇdɐɥɔ ʍǝu ɐ ɹoɟ ʎpɐǝɹ ʇǝɓ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ǝɹᴉʇǝɹ ʎǝɥʇ ɹǝʇɟɐ op suɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ op ʇɐɥM
sʞooq ʇǝɯoꓛ ¿pɐǝɹ oʇ ǝʞᴉๅ suǝᴉๅɐ op ʇɐɥM
ɹǝuɹoɔ ǝɥʇ ʇɐ noʎ ʇǝǝɯ ๅๅ’I ¿ǝsɐɔʞooq ǝɥʇ oʇ ʎɐs ๅๅɐʍ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʇɐɥM
ʞuɐๅq ɐ ɓuᴉʍɐɹp ɯ’I ¿ๅǝʌou ǝɥʇ oʇ ʎɐs ʞooqɥɔʇǝʞs ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʇɐɥM
ǝɹǝɥ ɟo ʇno ʇᴉ ʞooq ɹǝʇʇǝq I ¿ǝɹoʇsʞooq ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ǝๅoʇs ǝɥ uǝɥʍ ʎɐs ɹǝqqoɹ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʇɐɥM
ʇᴉ ǝnpɹǝʌo ʇ’uoꓷ ¿sʞooq 0૬ ʇno ɓuᴉʞɔǝɥɔ uosɹǝd ǝɥʇ oʇ ʎɐs uɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʇɐɥM
ʞooq-ʞoq-ʞoq ʎɯ ʇoɓɹoɟ I ¿uɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ ʎɐs uǝɥ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʇɐɥM
ʎɹɐɹqᴉꓶ ¿ʞooq ʎɹoʇs ʎuɐ uɐɥʇ sǝᴉɹoʇs ǝɹoɯ sɐɥ ɓuᴉpๅᴉnq ʇɐɥM
ʎʇᴉʌɐɹɓ-ᴉʇuɐ uo ʞooq ǝɥꓕ ¿uʍop ʇnd oʇ ǝๅqᴉssodɯᴉ sᴉ ʞooq ʇɐɥM
ʇɐH ɐ uᴉ ʇɐꓛ ¿ʇɐɔ ɹǝɥ ɹoɟ ʇno ǝʞɐʇ uɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʞooq ʇɐɥM
ʞooq ǝuoɥdǝๅǝꓕ ¿ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ǝʞɐʇ ɹo ǝɹoʇsʞooq ɐ uᴉ ʎnq noʎ ʇ’uɐɔ ʞooq ʇɐɥM
ǝๅqɐɹɐǝʇ s’ʇᴉ ʻpuᴉɯ ɹǝʌǝN ¿ɹǝdɐd ɟo ǝɔǝᴉd ɐ ʇnoqɐ ǝʞoſ ɐ ɹɐǝɥ oʇ ʇuɐM
ɹǝɓuɐɥ-ɟɟᴉๅɔ Ɐ … sɐʍ ʇI ·ʇsǝɹǝʌƎ ʇunoW ʇnoqɐ ʞooq sᴉɥʇ pǝɥsᴉuᴉɟ ʇsnſ I
ɥɓnoɹɥʇ ๅๅǝɟ ʎǝɥꓕ … ʇnq ʻsǝๅoɥʞuᴉs ʇnoqɐ ʞooq ɐ ɓuᴉpɐǝɹ uᴉɓǝq oʇ suɐๅd pɐɥ I
sddoꓕ ɥɐɹɐS ʎɹꓕ … pᴉɐs ǝɥS ·sๅǝʌou ɹnɐsouᴉp ǝʇoɹʍ oɥʍ sɹoɥʇnɐ ʎuɐ ɟo ʍǝuʞ ǝɥs ɟᴉ uɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ pǝʞsɐ I
ʎʇdɯǝ ʇou sᴉ ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ɹǝʇɟⱯ ·ǝuO ¿ʞɔɐdʞɔɐq ʎʇdɯǝ uɐ oʇuᴉ ʇnd noʎ uɐɔ sʞooq ʎuɐɯ ʍoH
ɹǝɓɐd sʇᴉ ๅๅɐꓛ ¿ɯooɹ ʎɔuǝɓɹǝɯǝ ǝɥʇ uᴉ ʞooq ɐ ɥɔɐǝɹ noʎ op ʍoH
sʇǝʞɔɐſ ʞooq ɯǝɥʇ ǝʌᴉɓ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ɯɹɐʍ ʎɐʇs sๅǝʌou ǝɹns ǝʞɐɯ sǝᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ op ʍoH
ʎɐp ๅๅɐ noʎ ʇnoqɐ ɓuᴉʞuᴉɥʇ NꓭSI ʎɐs ʎǝɥꓕ ¿sǝʌᴉๅ ɹᴉǝɥʇ ɟo ǝʌoๅ ǝɥʇ oʇ uoᴉʇɔǝɟɟɐ ʍoɥs suɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ op ʍoH
ɹǝqɯnu ๅๅɐɔ ɹnoʎ ɹoɟ ʞsɐ ʎǝɥꓕ ¿ʇɹᴉๅɟ suɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ op ʍoH
¿pǝɹ ๅๅǝʍ noʎ ǝʞɐɯ ๅๅᴉʍ I ʇɐɥʇ ʎddɐɥ noʎ ǝɓuɐɹO ¡ʍoๅๅǝ⅄ ¿ɹǝpɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ oʇ sǝʌๅǝsɯǝɥʇ ǝɔnpoɹʇuᴉ sɹoๅoɔ ʇnoqɐ sʞooq op ʍoH
uoᴉʇɔǝs uoᴉʇɔᴉɹɟ-uou ǝɥʇ uᴉ ɓuᴉʞɹoʍ sɐʍ ǝɥS ¿ๅๅɐɟ puɐ dᴉๅs uɐᴉɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ pᴉp ʍoH
uoᴉʇɔǝuuoɔ ɐ ɓuᴉๅǝǝɟ ɯ’I ¿ᴉɟᴉʍ s’ʎɹɐɹqᴉๅ ǝɥʇ uo noʎ ǝɹⱯ
ǝๅๅᴉɐɹq ɓuᴉpɐǝɹ sᴉ puɐ puᴉๅq sᴉ uɐɯoʍ ǝɥꓕ ¿pɐǝɹ oʇ ǝๅqɐ ǝɥs sᴉ ʍoH ·ʇɥɓᴉu ʇɐ ǝsnoɥ ʞɹɐp ɐ uᴉ ɓuᴉʇʇᴉs sᴉ ๅɹᴉɓ Ɐ