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Riddle-Ku! [no faces]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? I don’t see faces Only back pockets and legs introduce themselves –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? [Addendum: Revision inspired by Michelle’s joke in the Comments: ? We dance cheek to cheek, but I never see your face. You rest on my legs. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights
Riddle-Ku! [slurp-burp]
Riddle-Ku of the Day Suck up! Make me a mini milk vacuum cleaner Sip soda?Slurp?Burp! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): STRAW [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s
Riddle-Ku! [yellow explodes]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? My yellow explodes in the middle of summer like daytime fireworks –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): FLOWER [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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