Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for September 20, 2022

 This author/illustrator from Ohio credits his ADHD with helping him write stories that aren't boring, and his dyslexia with helping him pay close attention to words. He was frequently sent out to the hall in school, where he created his most famous character, which later became a series featuring Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space, Wicked Wedgie Woman, and Bionic Booger Boy. This is Dav Pilkey, and his best-known series is Captain Underpants.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for September 6, 2022

  This Texas author's 1942 novel for older children features a 14 year-old boy, taking care of his family while his dad is away. A stray dog eats all the family's meat, but later redeems himself when he saves the younger brother's life. The book, later made into a movie, is Old Yeller, and the author is Fred Gipson.

Kidlit Trivia for August 30, 2022

 This shy author, born in 1899, wrote from his 18th century farmhouse in Maine. He loved farm life and celebrated the connections bewteen children and animals. He once said, "All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world." And the world loves his stories. This is E.B. White, who srote Stuart Little and my very favorite children's book, Charlotte's Web. 

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for Aug. 23, 2022

 This Polish Jewish author/illustrator, born in Brooklyn in 1928, had a childhood scarred with news of relatives who died in the Holocaust, but he found happiness in his 50 year relationship with his partner, Eugene Glynn. His most famous book told of a boy who tamed monsters and came home safely. This would be Maurice Sendak, and his best known book is Where the Wild Things Are.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 16, 2022

 This author's family moved to Florida when she was a child, and her father was to join them later but never came. Her first book in 2000 (discovered in an agency's slush pile) featured a girl who lost a parent but found a dog in a supermarket. The author is Kate de Camillo and the book is Because of Winn-Dixie.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 9, 2022

 This American author, born August 6, 1917, wrote or illustrated 110 children's books over 60 years. One of her most beloved characters is an older woman who traveled the world and hurt her back dismounting from a camel, and who made the world a more beautiful place by planting flowers. The author is Barbara Cooney, and her National Book Award winning book is Miss Rumphius.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for July 5, 2022

 This 5 foot 3" Scottish author was born the 7th of 10 children into a poor family in 1860. His most famous book features this quote: "When the first baby laughed for the first time, it's laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." This is James Matthew Barrie, and the book is Peter Pan.