Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes

J. Patrick Lewis. Harcourt Children's Books, $16 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216418-8

Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes by J. Patrick Lewis, illus. by Frank Remkiewicz, offers a host of clever math riddles with titles like ""Finger Play"" (which teaches a nifty trick for multiplying by nine) and ""Your Average Cow,"" which asks kids to compare bovine and human life expectancies. Answers appear (upside-down) below each entry. Humorous cartoons multiply the fun. (Apr.)

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