Children's Literature

Question 1

What tiny souvenir does the main character in the 1985 book The Polar Express request after this visit to Santa?

Answer 1

He gets a little sleigh bell from a reindeer harness…which you can only hear jingling as long as you believe in Santa.

Question 2

The first part of the children’s book Goodnight Moon describes fifteen objects contained in the great green room. In the second part, fourteen of them are bid goodnight. Name the remaining object, which also happens to be the first of the room’s contents named.

Answer 2

Telephone

Question 3

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote which famous book in French?

Answer 3

Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)

Question 4

A line from this kids’ book: “Horrid little beasts… I shall like you so much better when you’re skins instead of pup.”

Answer 4

101 Dalmatians

Question 5

In the Warriors series of children’s novels by Erin Hunter, what type of animal are the “warriors”?

Answer 5

Cats

Question 6

The name of this character who lives in a forest is a shortening of an Italian word for a newborn.

Answer 6

Bambi

Question 7

A popular children’s book by P.D. Eastman details the activities of a set of anthropomorphic canines—big, little, red, blue, yellow, etc.—who operate various means of transport, some while wearing hats, as they go about the day, ultimately ending up at a big party. What is the title of this book?

Answer 7

Go! Dog! Go!

Question 8

Gray is tired from being used to color elephants and Beige hates being called Brown in the kids’ book “The Day” these “Quit.”

Answer 8

Crayons

Question 9

In 2017 the Maine farm and barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale.

Answer 9

Charlotte’s Web

Question 10

This children’s book series by W. Awdry inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Starlight Express.”

Answer 10

Thomas The Tank Engine

Question 11

This winged character from an early 20th century work is so named “because she mends the pots and kettles.”

Answer 11

Tinkerbell

Question 12

Memories of refugees in British train stations before and after WWII helped inspire the creation of this children’s literature character.

Answer 12

Paddington

Question 13

In a Brothers Grimm tale, after a poor peasant’s wife grows ill, she gives birth to a tiny son whom they name this.

Answer 13

Tom Thumb

Question 14

“The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots”, written by her in 1914, was first published in 2016.

Answer 14

Beatrix Potter

Question 15

According to the title of a book by Giles Andreae, these animals “Can’t Dance.”

Answer 15

Giraffes

Question 16

This 1883 classic ends with the words “A well-behaved little boy!”

Answer 16

Pinocchio

Question 17

This author & illustrator who won the 1964 Caldecott Medal was dubbed the “Picasso of Children’s Books”

Answer 17

Maurice Sendak

Question 18

Among the “Children’s and Household Tales” (Kinder- und Hausmärchen) collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are”The Frog Prince”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, and a tale with a title sometimes translated to “The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn” what? By the end of the story, despite numerous ordeals, he still hadn’t learned it.

Answer 18

Fear

Question 19

In a popular children’s book from 1958, the Brown family finds an abandoned bear who has just arrived from “Darkest Peru” with a note that says, “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” Where did the family find this bear, naming him after this location?

Answer 19

Paddington Station

Question 20

Judy Blume introduced Peter Hatcher and his little brother Fudge in her ordinally-titled book “Tales of” this, the first in a series.

Answer 20

A Fourth Grade Nothing

Question 21

According to the title of a 1999 book by British author Giles Andreae, while warthogs waltz, chimps cha-cha, and lions tango, what animals can’t dance (although that title turns out to be false)?

Answer 21

Giraffes

Question 22

This 1969 book was first printed in Japan because no U.S. company would then make a book with so many holes in the pages.

Answer 22

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Question 23

This 2000 children’s novel by Kate DiCamillo tells of a girl who adopts a dog outside a supermarket

Answer 23

Because of Winn-Dixie