Over 100 riddles from 35 North, South and Central American Indian nations are arranged into five categories: Natural World; Human Body; Animals; Things that Grow; and Things Made to Be Used. The answer and source for each riddle is given on the bottom of the page on which the riddle appears and sophisticated black-and-white line drawings are included on every other page. The book concludes with two longer story riddles, one from the Pawnee and one from the Pehuenche of Chile. (Ages 7-11)

Celebrates an unexpected Native American tradition by translating and illustrating more than 120 riddles form twenty different Native American cultures, including Aztec, Comanche, and Pawnee.