Author: -Tedd Arnold
Title: -The Twin Princes
Illustrator: -Tedd Arnold
Publisher: -The Penguin Group
Year: - 2007
Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Picture Story Book
Reading Level: - Emergent Reader
Interest Level: - Early Elementary
Topics: - Winning isn't everything, Kings and Queens, Riddles, Cheating is wrong
Summary: - The old nursemaid starts by telling the 2 brother chickens Penny and Henny a riddle. In the riddle there are 2 princes that are twins. The king is sick and their mother had already died, so the king knows he needs to figure out soon who will take over the kingdom and decides they will be a part of the big hunt they have. Henry and Fowler (the 2 twins) get ready for the race the next day. Fowler goes through the town and knocks down an old lady and Henry saw this and went to help her up. The hunt starts and right away Fowler says "Cock/a/toodle/oo dear brother" and causes the king to crash. Fowler feeds Henrys horse some bad grass. The king says that "The Brother whose horse is last to enter the city gates shall be the next king." When the race restarts Fowler took off and Henry wasn't going very fast because his horse was sick. When Henry almost got to the gates there was Fowler waiting. The old lady gave them a horse with switched bodies. Henry figured it out that he would ride his brothers horse and that would make his horse come in last. Henny and Penny figured out that the old lady was the nursemaid.
Illustrator: -Tedd Arnold
Publisher: -The Penguin Group
Year: - 2007
Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Picture Story Book
Reading Level: - Emergent Reader
Interest Level: - Early Elementary
Topics: - Winning isn't everything, Kings and Queens, Riddles, Cheating is wrong
Summary: - The old nursemaid starts by telling the 2 brother chickens Penny and Henny a riddle. In the riddle there are 2 princes that are twins. The king is sick and their mother had already died, so the king knows he needs to figure out soon who will take over the kingdom and decides they will be a part of the big hunt they have. Henry and Fowler (the 2 twins) get ready for the race the next day. Fowler goes through the town and knocks down an old lady and Henry saw this and went to help her up. The hunt starts and right away Fowler says "Cock/a/toodle/oo dear brother" and causes the king to crash. Fowler feeds Henrys horse some bad grass. The king says that "The Brother whose horse is last to enter the city gates shall be the next king." When the race restarts Fowler took off and Henry wasn't going very fast because his horse was sick. When Henry almost got to the gates there was Fowler waiting. The old lady gave them a horse with switched bodies. Henry figured it out that he would ride his brothers horse and that would make his horse come in last. Henny and Penny figured out that the old lady was the nursemaid.
Extension Activities: -
For middle elementary have them make up their own riddle and have the class figure them out.
Get a book of riddles and have the class get into groups and have a competition to see who can get the riddles first.
