Best short riddles for kids

Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to two tall trees. How many T’s in that?

Why was Karl Marx buried at Highgate Cemetery in London?

Every night I'm told what to do, and each morning I do what i'm told. But I still don't escape your scold.

If you had one match and entered a room in which there were a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?

I live in the ocean. I have eight legs, two big claws and a tail. My body has a hard shell. I eat anything I can find. I am a...

Tall I am young, short I am old. While with life I glow, wind is my foe. What am I?

I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

What do you call a cat crossed with a fish?

What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?

Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.