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Creature Features: Mr. Popper´s ________________

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Penguins

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On the Bookshelf: In a kids´book, Chester is this title type of insect who comes from Connecticut to live in Times Square

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Cricket

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Literature for Young People: “Some pig” is one of the lifesaving slogans woven by a spider in this work

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Charlotte´s Web

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Kids´books: This 1982 Roald Dahl work about a large fellow became a 2016 film

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BFG

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Contemporary Authors: This author´s official bio can be found at wimpykid.com

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Jeff Kinney

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This title character was inspired by stories Rick Riordan told his son about the gods and heroes in Greek mythology

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Percy Jackson

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Nationalitese: It precedes not only checkers but also chess

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Chinese

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE: Akela the wolf & Baloo the brown bear are 2 of the animals featured in this collection of stories

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The Jungle Book

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“BLACK”: An essay that promoted kindness to animals inspired Anna Sewell to write this novel

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Black Beauty

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U.S. LIBRARIES: The iconic Geisel Library at UC San Diego houses a vast collection of items associated with this author

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Dr. Seuss

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CLASSIC KIDS’ BOOKS: In a Dr. Seuss story he said, with fingers nervously drumming, “I must find some way to stop Christmas from coming!”

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The Grinch

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS: A selfish boy takes shade and apples, among other things, from this, the title of a Shel Silverstein classic

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The Giving Tree

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WHAT KIND OF MOVIE?: “The Nightmare Before Christmas”: it means a wild daydream

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Fantasy

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THE HERO’S JOURNEY: Miguel journeys to the land of the dead in this 2017 animated film with a look inspired by traditional Mexican folklore

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Coco

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MOVIE TUNES: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams is from this sequel featuring Gru & the Minions

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Despicable Me 2

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JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND: Not only the voice of Peterbilt, Joe Ranft co-directed & helped write this Oscar-nominated 2006 Pixar hit

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Cars

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BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG: He illustrated “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” & “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”

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Eric Carle

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LIBROS POR NIÑOS: Eric Carle: “La Oruga Muy Hambrienta”

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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BOOKS OF THE 1940s: Among the objects mentioned in this beloved bedtime story are “a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush”

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Goodnight Moon

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LIBROS POR NIÑOS: Margaret Wise Brown: “Buenas Noches, Luna”

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Goodnight Moon

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LIBROS POR NIÑOS: Dr. Seuss: “Huevos Verdes Con Jamon”

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Green Eggs and Ham

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LIBROS POR NIÑOS: Beatrix Potter: “El Cuento De Pedro, El Conejo”

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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LIBROS POR NIÑOS: Maurice Sendak: “Donde Viven los Monstruos”

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Where the Wild Things Are

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WOMEN AUTHORS: James Corden voices Peter Rabbit in a 2018 film that’s a very 21st century take on a work by this author

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Beatrix Potter

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FEATURED CREATURES: In a book by Michael Bond, “Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met” this bear “on a railway platform”

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Paddington

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CHILDREN’S BOOK NAMES: Margaret & H.A. Rey: “The Complete Adventures of Curious ____”

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George

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WOMEN AUTHORS: Mildred Wirt Benson wrote more than 100 books for young readers including many about this young female detective

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Nancy Drew

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FOE PA: In this Roald Dahl book, Mr. Wormwood calls his daughter “a cheat and a liar”

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Matilda

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WOMEN AUTHORS: Astrid Lindgren created this redheaded girl with an odd fashion sense

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Pippi Longstocking

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CHARACTERS’ FULL NAMES: The full name of this Baum title guy is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambrose Diggs

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The Wizard of Oz

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QUOTES FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ: “The Wizard of Oz” ends with this 5-word phrase

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“There’s no place like home

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FAMOUS MOUNTS: Between 1823 & 1831 the artist Hokusai created a series of 36 views of this

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Mt. Fuji

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ARTISTS: In 1949 Life magazine asked if this drip artist was “the greatest living painter in the United States”

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Jackson Pollock

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MUSEUMS: The museum of this 19th C. Dutch-born painter is on an Amsterdam street named for 17th C. painter Paulus Potter

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Vincent Van Gogh

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MOVIE PEOPLE: His first animated cartoons were shown in Kansas City under the title “Laugh-O-Grams”; Mickey came later

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Walt Disney

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THE STAN LEE CUP: Incredible! This plus-size Lee hero was originally gray, but printing troubles turned him green

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The Hulk

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KIDS DON’T REALIZE: Kids don’t realize the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are each named for famous men in this occupation

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art (artists)

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BEAR NAYS: After Goldilocks ate this boiled food of theirs, the 3 bears said, “Never again”

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porridge

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FAIRY TALES: A house made of food turns into a house of horror when 2 kids bake a witch in this “Grimm” tale

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Hansel and Gretel

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BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES: In the Grimms’ version of this character’s fairy tale, she wears golden slippers, not glass

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Cinderella

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FINISH THE SEUSS LINE: “I’ll just have to save him, because, after all, a person’s a person, no matter…”

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how small

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DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS: “G.E.A.H.”

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Green Eggs and Ham

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DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS: “T.C.I.T.H.”

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The Cat in the Hat

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DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS: “H.T.G.S.C!”

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS: “O.F.T.F. R.F.B.F.”

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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

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DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS: “F.I.S.”

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Fox in Sox

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TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM: “In the huge metropolis of Gotham City, who knows when, where or how a warped criminal mind will strike”

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Batman

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BAD FOLKS IN BOOKS: This ruler of Narnia earned her colorful title by beginning the long winter, a 100-year period of snow and ice

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The White Witch

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LETTER MEN: This “Narnia” creator taught medieval and Renaissance English lit at Cambridge University

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C.S. Lewis

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NOTABLE NAMES: During the Civil War, this American painter known for his seascapes made drawings at the front for Harper’s Weekly

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Winslow Homer

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