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CHILDREN'S BOOKS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THIS AWARD IS GIVEN FOR BEST ILLUSTRATION OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK... | CALDECOTT |
| AUTHOR'S GET THIS MEDAL FOR THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN'S CHILDREN'S BOOK... | NEWBERRY |
| ESTHER FORBES SET HER NOVEL "JOHNNY TREMAIN" IN THIS STATE... | MASSACHUSETTS |
| A CLERGYMAN KNOWN AS "THE PUFF-PUFF PARSON" CREATED THIS CHARACTER... | THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE |
| AUTHOR OF "GOODNIGHT MOON"... | MARGARET WISE BROWN |
| IN ADDITION TO "GOOSEBUMPS", HE'S ALSO WRITTEN THE "FEAR STREET" SERIES FOR OLDER KIDS... | R.L. STEIN |
| AMONG HER FAMOUS CHARACTERS ARE RAMONA QUIMBY AND HENRY HUGGINS... | BEVERLY CLEARY |
| HER 1933 BOOK "FARMER BOY", DESCRIBES THE CHILDHOOD OF HER HUSBAND... | LAURA INGALLS WILDER |
| AUTHOR OF THE UNCLE REMUS STORIES... | JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS |
| AUTHOR OF "JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH" | ROALD DAHL |
| CREATOR OF THE NARNIA BOOKS... | C.S. LEWIS |
| "JABBERWOCKY" | LEWIS CARROLL |
| RICHARD ADAMS ORIGINALLY TOLD THIS RABBIT TALE TO AMUSE HIS YOUNG DAUGHTERS... | WATERSHIP DOWN |
| "MARY POPPINS" | P.L. TRAVERS |
| "STUART lITTLE" | E.B. WHITE |
| "CHARLOTTE'S WEB" | E.B. WHITE |
| RAGGEDY ANN | JOHNNY GRUELLE |
| AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IS NAMED FOR THIS DANISH AUTHOR... | HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN |
| THIS AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR HAS SAID, "MAX IS LIKE MY DEMENTED SON AND HE'S TAKING CARE OF HIS FATHER FOR LIFE." | MAURICE SENDAK |
| "TO DEVELOP A HORSE-SURGERY...WOULD NECESSITATE A KNOWLEDGE OF HORSE LANGUAGE". | HUGH LOFTING |
| HE ALSO CREATED A 2-LETTER LAND CALLED "IX"... | L. FRANK BAUM |
| LOUIS, A MUTE TRUMPETER SWAN IN HIS "THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN", WAS NAMED FOR LOUIS ARMSTRONG... | E.B. WHITE |
| HANSEL HAD A SISTER NAMED GRETEL; SO DID THIS BOY IN AN 1865 NOVEL... | HANS BRINKER |
| HE HANGS AROUND WITH THE "MAN IN THE YELLOW HAT"... | CURIOUS GEORGE |
| SHE WAS BASED IN PART ON A REAL CHILD... | ALICE (IN WONDERLAND) |
| THIS RUDYARD KIPLING CLASSIC BEGINS WITH THE STORY OF "MOWGLI'S BROTHERS"... | THE JUNGLE BOOK |
| SHE'S JANE & MICHAEL BANKS' MAGICAL NANNY... | MARY POPPINS |
| "THE LONG SECRET" WAS LOUISE FITZHUGH'S SEQUEL TO THIS BOOK ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL SNOOP... | HARRIET THE SPY |
| THE 1986 NEWBERRY MEDAL WENT TO THIS BOOK ABOUT A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE WHO JOINS A FAMILY ON THE PRAIRIE... | SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL |
| ANNE OF GREEN GABLES | LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY |
| IN A GRIMM FAIRY TALE, ONE OF THESE ANIMALS SWALLOWS 6 LITTLE KIDS, BU LUCKILY THEY ESCAPE... | A WOLF |
| BLACK BEAUTY | ANNA SEWELL |
| THIS FICTIONAL FILLY'S NAME MEANS "LITTLE GIRL" IN SWEDISH... | FLICKA |
| HIS FAIRY TALES INCLUDE "THE METAL PIG", "AUNTIE TOOTHACHE", AND "THE RAGS & THE FIR TREE"... | HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN |
| WENDY DARLING'S FLIGHTY BROTHERS... | JOHN & MICHAEL |
| IN "HIAWATHA" SHE'S THE "DAUGHTER OF THE MOON"... | NOKOMIS |
| THE 1ST FLOWERS MENTIONED IN "MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY"... | SILVER BELLS |
| IN 1954, CAMBRIDGE APPOINTED THIS CHILDREN'S AUTHOR AS A PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE LITERATURE... | C.S. LEWIS |
| "THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS" FROM A SENIOR DEVIL TO AN UNDERDEVIL, ARE BY THIS MAN BETTER KNOWN FOR HIS CHILDREN'S BOOKS... | C.S. LEWIS |
| A SORT OF MUSEUM OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, JUNIBACKEN RE-CREATES THE COTTAGE OF THIS BELOVED FICTIONAL SWEDISH GIRL... | PIPPI LONGSTOCKING |
| THIS POP STAR HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS, INCLUDING "YAKOV & THE SEVEN THIEVES"... | MADONNA |
| HIS "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" HAS BEEN TURNED INTO AN OPERA... | MAURICE SENDAK |
| IN 1995, 4 OF THE TOP 10 CHILDREN'S BOOKS WERE ABOUT THIS INDIAN PRINCESS... | POCAHONTAS |
| IT'S THE 1ST IN A TRILOGY OF BOOKS THAT ALSO INCLUDES "IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN" AND "OUTSIDE OVER THERE"... | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
| AN ADAPTATION OF THIS GRIMM TALE INCLUDES THE LINE, "WHO IS GNAWING AT MY HOUSE?"... | HANSEL AND GRETEL |
| HANS BRINKER (OR THE SILVER SKATES) | MARY MAPES DODGE |
| "IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A MUFFIN" IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THIS 1985 BOOK BY FELICIA BOND & LAURA JOFFE NUMEROFF... | IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE |
| IN 1962 THIS AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR PUBLISHED "THE NUTSHELL LIBRARY", WHICH INCLUDES THE BOOK, "CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE".. | MAURICE SENDAK |
| A CLASSIC BOOK BY GEORGE SELDEN TELLS OF THIS NOISY INSECT "IN TIMES SQUARE"... | A CRICKET |
| HANS CHRITIAN ANDERSEN'S "THE NIGHTINGALE" SANG ITS SWEET MELODIES FOR THE EMPEROR OF THIS COUNTRY... | CHINA |
| LONG JOHN SILVER WAS THE MUTINOUS COOK ABOARD THIS "TREASURE ISLAND" SHIP THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A CARIBBEAN ISLAND... | HISPANIOLA |
| TUCK EVERLASTING | NATALIE BABBITT |
| THIS MAN RUNS AWAY AFTER BEING BAKED & IS LATER EATEN BY A FOX... | GINGERBREAD MAN |
| "HE LIKED TO SIT JUST QUIETLY & SMELL THE FLOWERS"... | FERDINAND THE BULL |
| THE FIRST CHARACTER ALICE MEETS IN WONDERLAND.. | WHITE RABBIT |
| JIM HAWKINS, A CABIN BOY, NARRATES THIS ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TALE... | TREASURE ISLAND |
| THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS | KENNETH GRAHAME |
| LAST NAME OF CHARLOTTE IN "CHARLOTTE'S WEB"... | CAVATICA |
| THIS CHARACTER IN A BOOK BY SAINT-EXUPERY LEAVES HIS TINY PLANET BECAUSE OF A PRIDEFUL FLOWER... | THE LITTLE PRINCE |
| TOLKIEN CALLED THESE CREATURES "A LITTLE PEOPLE, ABOUT HALF OUR HEIGHT, AND SMALLER THAN THE BEARDED DWARVES"... | HOBBITS |
| IN A GRIMM TALE, A GROUP OF AGING ANIMALS SET OUT FOR THIS TOWN TO BECOME MUSICIANS... | BREMAN |
| IN "THE BRASS BOTTLE", HORACE VENTIMORE BUYS AN ANTIQUE BRASS BOTTLE THAT CONTAINS ONE OF THESE BEINGS... | A GENIE |
| THIS TITLE CHARACTER WAS INSPIRED BY A GIRL WHO'D HAD HER APPENDIX OUT IN A FRENCH HOSPITAL RUN BY NUNS... | MADELINE |
| DR. SEUSS' BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS FINDS THAT EVERY TIME HE REMOVES ONE OF THESE, ANOTHER APPEARS... | A HAT |
| THE ADVENTURES OF RAT, MOLE, TOAD, & BADGER ARE TOLD IN THIS 1908 BRITISH BOOK... | THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS |
| THE NAME OF THE DOG IN "PETER PAN"... | NANA |
| WHO WROTE "PETER PAN"? | JAMES M. BARRIE |
| IN "RUMPLESTILTSKIN" IT'S THE TRADE OF THE MAN WHOSE DAUGHTER MUST SPIN STRAW INTO GOLD... | MILLER |
| DR. SEUSS SAID HE MODELED THIS DOMINEERING REPTILE ON ADOLF HITLER... | YERTLE THE TURTLE |
| HE WROTE "THE SNOW MAN", "THE SNOWDROP", "THE ICE MAIDEN", AND "THE SNOW QUEEN"... | HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN |
| THE BIG BILLY GOAT GRUFF POKED THIS CHARACTER'S EYES OUT WITH HIS HORNS & CRUSHED HIM TO BITS... | THE TROLL |
| IN "THE SWORD IN THE STONE", KAY CALLS THIS MAIN CHARACTER "WART"... | KING ARTHUR |
| CREATOR OF "LASSIE"... | ERIC KNIGHT |
| THIS DR. SEUSS ANIMAL SAID, "THAT IS THAT. AND THEN HE WAS GONE WITH A TIP OF HIS HAT."... | THE CAT IN THE HAT |
| "A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES" | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
| HE'S THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR OF "IF BEAGLES COULD FLY"... | CHARLES SCHULTZ |
| IN "THE JUNGLE BOOK", SHERE KHAN IS ONE OF THESE WILD ANIMALS... | TIGER |
| HE WROTE 20 NOVELS ABOUT THE "BLACK STALLION".. | WALTER FARLEY |
| IN THIS TALE, THE HEROINE IS NAMED FOR THE RAMPION HER FATHER STOLE FROM THE WITCH'S GARDEN... | RAPUNZEL |
| CREATOR OF "LADY & THE TRAMP"... | WARD GREENE |
| NEAR THE END OF "THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS", THIS QUEEN DISAPPEARS IN A BOWL OF SOUP... | WHITE QUEEN |
| DR. SEUSS WROTE THIS BOOK TO WIN A BET THAT HE COULDN'T WRITE A BOOK USING ONLY 50 DIFFERENT WORDS... | GREEN EGGS AND HAM |
| HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S "THE NIGHTINGALE" WAS INSPIRED BY THIS FAMOUS WOMAN... | JENNY LIND |
| THE PRINCESS DIARIES | MEG CABOT |
| THE OUTSIDERS | S.E. HINTON |
| THE GIVING TREE | SHEL SILVERSTEIN |
| THE POLAR EXPRESS | CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG |
| ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY | JUDITH VIORST |
| THE VELVETEEN RABBITT | MARGERY WILLIAMS |
| HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON | CROCKETT JOHNSON |
| CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS | JUDI BARRETT |
| MANIAC MAGEE | JERRY SPINELLI |
| THE SECRET GARDEN | FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT |
| THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR | ERIC CARLE |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | ROALD DAHL |
| THE BOXCAR CHILDREN | GERTRUDE WARNER |
| SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS | LEMONY SNICKET |
| THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT | BEATRIX POTTER |
| SUPERFUDGE | JUDY BLUME |
| ARTEMIS FOWL | EOIN COLFER |
| THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD | J.K. ROWLING |
| .....FINDS A HOT DOG! | THE PIGEON |
| .....AND THE PERILOUS PLOT OF PROFESSOR POOPYPANTS | CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS |
| ..... AND THE YUCKY BLUCKY FRUITCAKE | JUNIE B. JONES (BARBARA PARK) |
| ..... THE BRAVE (BEVERLY CLEARY) | RAMONA |
| ..... AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR (ROALD DAHL) | CHARLIE |
| ..... AND THE SURPRISE SHOWER | AMELIA BEDELIA |
| .....'S BABY-SITTING SERVICE | HENRY REED |
| ..... IN PARIS | ELOISE |
| ..... AND THE PURPLE CRAYON | HAROLD |
| ..... AND THE OOBLECK (SEUSS) | BARTHOLOMEW |
| ...... IN THE SOUTH SEAS (ASTRID LINDGREN) | PIPPI |
| ..... OPENS THE DOOR (P.L. TRAVERS) | MARY POPPINS |
| THE VOYAGES OF ..... (HUGH LOFTING) | DOCTOR DOOLITTLE |
| ..... AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT (1910) | TOM SWIFT |
| PETER EXPLORES HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON (1963 CALDECOTT) | THE SNOWY DAY |
| THE BOOK STARTS WHEN THE NARRATOR IS MENDING HIS CRASHED PLANE IN THE SAHARA AND IS MET BY A SMALL BOY WHO WANTS HIM TO DRAW A SHEEP. | THE LITTLE PRINCE (SAINT-EXUPERY) |
| VAIN & ACERBIC ENGLISH NANNY IS BLOWN BY THE EAST WIND TO #17 CHERRY TREE LANE, LONDON | MARY POPPINS |
| SWEDISH GIRL WHO LIVES IN VILLA VILLEKULLA WITH HER MONKEY AND HORSE | PIPPI LONGSTOCKING |
| LEADER OF THE LOST BOYS ON THE SMALL ISLAND OF NEVERLAND | PETER PAN |
| FIRST BOOK OF DR. SEUSS. MARCO WATCHES THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF PEOPLE & VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG THIS NAMESAKE ST. | AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET |
| THE TITLE OF MARK HADDON'S "THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME" WAS FIRST UTTERED BY THIS LITERARY CHARACTER | SHERLOCK HOLMES |
| E.H. SHEPARD FAMOUSLY ILLUSTRATED ALL 4 VOLUMES OF THIS CHILDREN'S SERIES | WINNIE-THE-POOH |
| UNICORN WHO BELIEVES SHE IS THE LAST OF HER KIND, AND SETS OFF ON A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS | THE LAST UNICORN |
| INCLUDES THE STORIES OF "HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP" AND "HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS" | "JUST SO STORIES", RUDYARD KIPLING |
| MAX IS SENT TO HIS ROOM FOR "MAKING MISCHIEF" WHERE HE HAS IMAGINARY ADVENTURES WEARING A WOLF SUIT | "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE", MAURICE SENDAK |
| "FAIRY TALES", INCLUDING THE STORIES OF "SNOW QUEEN", "THE LITTLE MERMAID", "THUMBELINA", "THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES", AND "THE UGLY DUCKLING" | HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN |
| THE AUTHOR FOUND HER INSPIRATION FOR THIS BOOK IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DESCRIBING A COUPLE THAT WAS MISTAKENLY SENT AN ORPHAN GIRL INSTEAD OF A BOY, YET DECIDED TO KEEP HER. | "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES" |
| CHILDREN'S AUTHOR WHO WAS A NOTED CONSERVATIVE AND BASED HER CHARACTERS FROM OBSERVATIONS OF THE ANIMALS SHE KEPT AT HOME | BEATRIX POTTER |
| ORIGINALLY WRITTEN TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH HORSES IN ANIMAL WELFARE, IT QUICKLY BECAME A CHILDREN'S CLASSIC. | BLACK BEAUTY |
| "AUTOBIOGRAPHY" OF A HORSE BEGINNING WITH HIS CAREFREE DAYS AS A FOAL ON AN ENGLISH FARM, TO HIS DIFFICULT LIFE PULLING CABS IN LONDON, TO HIS HAPPY RETIREMENT IN THE COUNTRY | BLACK BEAUTY |
| AS OF 2000, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY LISTS THIS BOOK AS THE BEST-SELLING CHILDREN'S PAPERBACK OF ALL TIME | "CHARLOTTE'S WEB" |
| "CHILDREN'S AND HOUSEHOLD TALES" IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THIS | "GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES" |
| "THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES" WAS WRITTEN BY THIS 19TH-C. IRISH AUTHOR | OSCAR WILDE |
| THIS 1865 WORK PLAYS WITH LOGIC IN WAYS THAT HAVE MADE THE STORY OF LASTING POPULARITY WITH ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN | "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" |
| DEPICTS THE PROCESS OF A LITTLE ONE SAYING GOODNIGHT TO EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE SEEN | "GOODNIGHT MOON" |
| "LITTLE WOMEN" TAKES PLACE DURING THIS WAR | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR |
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