Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for September 19, 2023

This New York City author's most famous book came out in 1951. His narrator spoke in the voice of an anguished teenager, disgusted with adult hypocracy. The book was hailed (and banned in some places for bad language) as the voice of a generation. The author found the fame and attention "demoralising" and moved to New Hampshire, where he dabbled in religions and died at the age of 91. This was J.D. Salinger and his most famous book is The Catcher in the Rye.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for September 5, 2023

  This rural New Mexico writer, youngest of 10 children, is best known for his 1972 groundbreaking Hispanic novel about a boy and an old woman, a curandera, who comes to live with his family. But he also wrote children's books based on traditional tales of New Mexico. He had a home in Jemez Springs, NM and I was honored to meet him when I worked in the library there. He was a lovely man, and very generous to the library. This is Rudolfo Anaya, and his classic book is Bless Me, Ultima, and his books for children include The Farolitos of Christmas, Maya's Children: the Story of La Llorona and The Curse of the Chupacabra.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 29, 2023

 At age 9, this fightened Ohio boy ventured into his attic and found a typewriter and began his writing journey. One of his early successes was Bananas, a humor magazine for teens, published by Scholastic. Later he drew on his childhood fears and wrote books that were what he called "safe scares," which were gently frightening and enormously popular. This is RL Stine, and his series include Goosebumps, Fear Street and Garbage Pail Kids.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 22, 2023

 

This New Jersey author/illustrator was encouraged by a teacher to pursue his art. He became a graphic designer and married author Ann Jonas. His books often feature transportation (Freight Train, Truck, School Bus) but childhood visits to his grandparents' home in rural Florida inspired Bigmamas and Shortcut. This is Donald Crews.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 15, 2023

   Sometimes compared to P.T. Barnum, this American writer/showman/filmmaker/family man wrote his most famous book in 1900, which has been called "America's first fairytale." Who is this author and...what was Dorothy's last name? L. Frank Baum loved word play, and Dorothy's last name was appropriately Gale.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 8, 2023

    This Long Island author was also an illustrator but she asked an artist who had lived and worked in China to illustrate her 1933 story of a duck who lived in the Yangtze River. She wrote and illustrated a series of books about a Scottie dog name Angus, and she is known for her ability to give her animals personality without losing sight of their natural instincts. She married Swedish artist Karl Larsson and they had one daughter, Hilma.This is Marjorie Flack and her most famous book is The Story of Ping.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for August 1, 2023

 Nan, Bert, Flossie and Freddie were the characters in this series which debuted in 1904 and grew to 72 books. Although all the books were credited to "Laura Lee Hope" they were actually written by several different authors through the years, beginning with Edward Stratemeyer. In the 60's the family's maid and gardener's ethnic dialects were removed and the characters were made a little older. This series is The Bobbsey Twins.