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Riddle-Ku! [darkness]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? I grow when sun’s low, stretching silently away I am ground’s darkness –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): SHADOW   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the

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Riddle-Ku! [vast jungle]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? I’m a vast jungle to ladybugs and earthworms? a backyard carpet –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): GRASS   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire

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Riddle-Ku! [hand to dog]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? I connect hand to dog in an endless tug of war I’m always well s‑t‑r‑e-t-c‑h‑e‑d –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:     .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): LEASH   [Educators, please click here to see

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Riddle-Ku! [sleep launchpad]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? I’m a sleep launchpad Your dreams, like rockets, blast off while I cushion you  –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:     .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): PILLOW   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup

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Riddle-Ku! [halves]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day My halves–soft and rough? ????????? hold hands with their sticky grip I will not let go –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:     .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): VELCRO   [Educators, please click here to see a

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Riddle-Ku! [drift down]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day Alone, I drift down With friends, I lift, high and swift I make robins fly  –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): FEATHER   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the

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Riddle-Ku! [chase dirt]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I chase dirt all day  My bristles race trash to the dustpan finish line  –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): BROOM   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the

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Riddle-Ku! [over your head]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m over your head and under your jumping heels We dance together –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): JUMP ROPE   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s

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Riddle-Ku! [secret wand]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a secret wand I wave over blank paper, make words?worlds?magic! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): PENCIL   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and

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Riddle-Ku! [sky-sea]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I sail the sky-sea Fluffy ship blowing above My anchor is rain? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CLOUD   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku

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Riddle-Ku! [wave like a flag]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I wave like a flag that calls in a green-breeze voice: ?Summer is coming!? ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     . TITLE (AND ANSWER): LEAF   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also

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Riddle-Ku! [wrapped-up sun]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I am wrapped-up sun Boxed inside stone and metal Tied with flame ribbons ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     . TITLE (AND ANSWER): FIREPLACE   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to

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Riddle-Ku! [merry-go-round]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day This merry-go-round spins upside down: I’m singing the room full of breeze ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     . TITLE (AND ANSWER): CEILING FAN   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to

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Riddle-Ku! [pencil crop]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a pencil crop writing love notes on the ground– erasing the sky –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2:     TITLE (AND ANSWER): FOREST   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions

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Riddle-Ku! [metal snake]

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a metal snake whose flickering silver tongue bites into your lunch –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2: TITLE (AND ANSWER): FORK   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these

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