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Popular Kids' Books
Adventures in the Dictionary
What Am I?
Weather
100

This U.S. state is the only one in the country with a single syllable name

Maine

100

In this popular children's book, a bunch of dragons get into trouble when they experience the pain of some spicy salsa

Dragons Love Tacos

100

This word, with five letters, means "lacking common sense or judgment," "weak in intellect," "playfully lighthearted and amusing," or "frivolous"

Silly

100

I make two people out of one. What am I?

A mirror

100

This weather event is a dust storm of very epic proportions. Some can get as tall as 3,300 feet!!!

it's called...get ready for it...


A HABOOB!!!

200

This undersea creature has three hearts and blue blood!!! (and lots of appendages)

An octopus

200

This very popular book series, written by Rick Riordan, focuses on Greek mythology

Percy Jackson

200

This sport is focused on "a short board mounted on small wheels that is used for coasting and for performing athletic stunts"

Skateboarding

200

I am the part of the body that butterflies use to taste with. I am NOT the tongue!!!

Their feet!

200

The types of these that most often produce thunderstorms are called Cumulonimbus 

Clouds

300

A shrimp's heart is in its...

...Head!!!

300

This beloved book, also a major film, tells the story of a spider and a pig that live on a quaint farm and make unlikely friends

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

300

This is what you can get when you're sick, defined as a "a rise of body temperature above the normal"

A fever

300

I have a head, a tail, I am brown, and I have no legs

I am a penny

300

Over _____ tons of rain falls onto the Earth every year

(Closest guess gets it)

900 million tons!!!

400

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its ____

Brain!

400

This widely loved book features a caterpillar who cannot seem to get enough to eat

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

400

Defined as "a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door," if you push this thing, you have a way better chance of getting into someone's home

A doorbell

400

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

400

A ______ is an extreme snow storm, characterized by winds reaching over 35 mph, and less than a quarter of a mile visibility for three hours or more

Blizzard

500

This pasta, a favorite of most kids, is served in McDonald's restaurants in the Philippines

Spaghetti

500

This story, also made into multiple film adaptations, is about a poor boy who gets the opportunity to tour a famous chocolate factory that is run by an eccentric man

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

500

This thing, "a manufactured covering of natural or artificial hair for the head," is worn on the scalp   

A wig

500

I’m full of holes but can hold a lot of water. What am I?

A sponge

500

This climate is "hot, dry, with little rain, and cold at night." It is known to have "the hottest temperatures on the planet" and is the home to cactus plants and lizards, among other life forms 

A Desert

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