Smearny!
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Riddles that make
your brain giggle.

Smearny collects classic riddles for clever kids — and large-print word search, sudoku, and mazes for the quiet end of the couch. Think you can crack today's riddle?

Smearny, a round orange creature with question-mark hair, holding a wooden spoon. Click him!
smearny mearny mearny mearny!
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Smearny leaping with joy, his question-mark hair glowing

Smearny scratching his head, stumped

Who on earth is Smearny?

A long time ago, a kid was watching the Muppets. The Swedish Chef sang his famous nonsense song — and the kid heard it his own way:

"Smearny mearny mearny mearny, morph morph morph morph!"

His mom laughed so hard she started calling him Smearny. That was almost fifty years ago. He's a grown-up now — and she still calls him Smearny.

That's the whole secret of this place: the best nonsense sticks with you forever. So we write riddles the same way — silly on the outside, sneaky-smart on the inside, made to be read out loud until somebody snorts.

"Smearny mearny
mearny mearny,
morph morph morph morph!"

— a very famous chef, as heard by one particular kid

Smearny reading a book inside a giant wooden spoon

The books (the whole riddle oven)

Every title below is a Smearny book. When a title goes live on Amazon, the button flips from “Coming soon” to “Buy on Amazon.” Paste the link once — the site does the rest.

Large print for the couch (word search · sudoku · mazes)

Same Smearny. Quieter energy. Big clear type, answers in the back, and Smearny in his recliner with reading glasses on the cover.

Smearny peeking up from the bottom of the page, shushing