Tag: Children’s Author Trivia Questions

Our books about animals seem to be popular. Can you recognize these authors who wrote books about horses?

1. Our first author wrote numerous books with horses in them (and even one about a donkey), but probably her most famous is about a wild horse that lived on an island off the coast of Virginia.

2. Our second author’s book about a horse in difficult circumstances has been made into a movie by none other than Steven Spielberg!

3. Our final author has been writing since she was seven. Many of her books are mysteries. The heroine of our featured book gets into trouble due to her reaction to the death of her favorite horse. Can she figure out what really happened?

Please leave a comment if you recognize any of the authors or their books.

Edit:  The answers are now posted.

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Last week we chose authors who had written about cats. To be fair, today we have authors of books about dogs.

1. Our first book is about a boy who hides a dog that does not belong to him. Although the author has written many books with about a female character named Alice, this book about a boy and a dog is probably her most widely read.

2. The title of this hugely-popular Newbery Honor book relates to a dog that is named after a grocery store. Need we say more?

3. Our third author is also an illustrator. His beginning reader featuring dogs on the go is a classic.

Please leave a comment if you recognize any of the authors or their books.

The answers are now posted.

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For Children’s Author Trivia this week we decided to choose authors who have written about cats.

1. Our first author’s book about cats is touted as “the oldest American picture book still in print.” It is one of the few picture books to win the Newbery Honor award, which it did in 1929. Another clue:  the author had to add an accent to her name because so many people mispronounced it. Do you recognize the author or her book?

2. Our second author based her books about cats on actual cats she knew. Her first book, which she both wrote and illustrated, was about a cat who wore a red scarf. It was published in 1944.

3. Our third author’s book about a cat also won a Newbery (in 1950). Her tale was inspired by a trip to Vermont. Rather than wearing red, this author’s cat was blue.

Please leave a comment if you recognize any of the authors or their books.

Edit:  the answer is now posted.

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It’s time for Children’s Author Trivia again. For a change of pace, how about visual clues?

1. This author started out as an English teacher who wrote adult mysteries on the side. When he started writing children’s books, however, they became so popular that he began writing full time. One of his books has been made into a movie. Do you know who he is?

2.  Do you know who this impish author who loves to write about science is?

Edit:  The answers are posted.

(Thanks to the authors for supplying photographs on their websites. Please visit the answers page for full credits.)

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