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My name is Jackie Overlid and I am very happy to be your school librarian!
I can't wait to see you all at Zoom Library Times and hope you are staying safe and healthy.
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. - Mason Cooley
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-Ms. Jackie, jackieoverlid@berkeley.net
Riddle/Joke of Week:
What has 88 keys but not a single door?
-Alejandra, 5th grade
Extra related riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
Past riddles and solutions:
I have 6 eggs. i broke two, i cooked two, and I ate two. how many do I have left? -Callan, 5th grade - You still have 4 left because you broke, cooked and ate the same 2.
There are 5 apples. You take away 3 apples. How many apples do you have now? - 3 (You took 3, so you have 3!)
A chest filled with gold that's missing a lock. What is it? -Reef, 5th grade - An egg. (Reef credits this riddle to The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Extra, related riddle: What do you have to break before you use it? - Also an egg! But other possible answers by students included a soda can, a glow stick and a nut.
How can you make the number one disappear? -Add a G and it is "gone." Other possible answer by students included just erase it, erase the N and E and make it a 0/zero, and add an N and it is "none."
What goes up and down but never moves? -Stairs! (other possible answers from students included the sun, an elevator shaft and a ladder)
