Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 22, 2022

   The book started as a Children's Lit class assignment. A publisher had this author change the mice characters to possums, change the setting to Australia and cut the story by two thirds. It became the first of many books by which Aussie author? The book is Possum Magic by Mem Fox.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 15, 2022

 Before he changed it, this author/illustrator's unfortunate last name was Peed. He worked as a sketch artist for Disney studios, and in 1970 he created the Wump World, one of the first picture books to address pollution. This is author Bill Peet.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 8, 2022

 As a sickly child in Siberia, this author/illustrator spent time in bed cutting paper dolls. She later used her cut paper technique, together with watercolors, to illustrate a folktale about a peddler and some naughty monkeys. This was Esphyr Slobodkina and her classic book is Caps For Sale.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 1, 2022

 After the birth of his daughter Sally in 1946, this author/illustrator and his wife moved to an island off the coast of Maine. Both Sally and New England are featured in his Caldecott-winning picture books. This is Robert McCloskey, author of Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Make Way for Ducklings, which is set in Boston.

Tuesdy Kidlit Trivia for January 25, 2022

    Her two little bunny characters represent her own two children, and a kitten named Yoko deals with racism when she brings sushi in her lunch box. This author/illustrator, born in 1943, says that the story and pictures must always touch the heart. This is Rosemary Wells, and the bunnies are Max and Ruby.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for January 18th, 2022

    This Black author/illustrator, who died in 2021, did careful research to get his animal subjects right, even using Polaroids of himself posing as the creature he drew.  When picturing Blacks, he sought to portray "a sense of celebration, self-respect, resilience and dignity." This is Jerry Pinkney.

Tuesday KidLit Trivia for January 11, 2022

 In 1928 this Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison grad left her husband and used an inheritance to buy an orange grove in Florida. Her 1938 story tells of a boy who adopted an orphan fawn. The book, which she wrote for adults but is beloved by children, went on to win a Pulitzer and became a movie. This is Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and her book is The Yearling.