Authors
This author created a bird who plays music to impress his love interest in The Trumpet of the Swan. Snowbell the cat, Templeton the rat, and Fern Arable populate his two most popular books. Name this writer of Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web.
Who is E.B. White?
This kind of animal stars in Caldecott Medal-winning books by Peggy Rathmann and Chris Raschka. In one of those books, the animal helps a police officer demonstrate safety tips, while in the other, she loses her favorite toy. What type of animals are Gloria in Officer Buckle and Gloria and Daisy in A Ball for Daisy?
What are dogs?
This poet, who used his Civil War nursing experience to write Drum-Taps, described his home in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." He elegized Abraham Lincoln in "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and "O Captain! My Captain!" Name this 19th-century poet of "Song of Myself," which he published in Leaves of Grass.
Who is Walt Whitman?
In this novel, the protagonist's grandmother is bitten by a water moccasin, and dies after suffering a stroke. A girl travels with her grandparents from Euclid, Ohio, to Idaho in time for her mother's birthday. That girl is Salamanca Tree Hiddle. What is this Newbery Medal-winning novel by Sharon Creech?
What is Walk of Two Moons?
In this book, a young boy asks his grandmother questions like, "How come we don't got a car?" and "How come we always gotta go here after church?" Nana and CJ take a city bus to a dirty, run-down portion of town to volunteer in a soup kitchen. Identify this Newbery winner by Matt de la Peña.
What is Last Stop on Market Street?
This author earned a Newbery Medal for her novel about pen pals, Dear Mr. Henshaw. Ralph the mouse and Henry Huggins both appear in several of her novels. Who created sisters Beatrice-- nicknamed Beezus--and Ramona Quimby?
Who is Beverly Cleary?
This novel is set primarily at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. George and Julia help the title character express himself through painting, which he uses to help Ruby, Bob, and himself find a new home. Name this novel about a silverback gorilla, written by Katherine Applegate.
What is The One and Only Ivan?
This novel flashes back to World War One, when Jinx saves the title town from an exploitative mine owner. Abilene Tucker temporarily lives with Miss Sadie, whose son Ned was killed in the war. Name this Newbery-winning novel by Clare Vanderpool.
What is Moon Over Manifest?
This book features the Great Bellini, an actual tightrope walker who crossed the Niagara River in 1873. He lives for a time at a Paris boarding house run by the title girl's mother. Name this Caldecott winner about an aspiring aerialist, written by Emily Arnold McCully.
What is Mirette on the High Wire?
In his first Caldecott-winning book, this author and illustrator depicts frogs flying around town on lily pads. Other books show a young boy finding a camera filled with pictures of sea life, and three fairy tale characters joining other stories to avoid the big bad wolf. Identify the creator of Tuesday, Flotsam, and The Three Pigs.
Who is David Wiesner?
In one book by this author, the title character befriends Roscuro the Rat and Princess Pea. In another, a comic book reader lives her own adventure when she encounters a flying, poetry writing squirrel who won Newbery Medals for The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures?
Who is Kate DiCamillo?
This novel opens with one character's near-fatal run-in with a vacuum cleaner. When the other title character resuscitates him, a squirrel reveals his new powers: super strength, flight, and poetry writing. Identify this novel about unlikely friends, which earned a Newbery Medal for Kate DiCamillo.
What is Flora and Ulysses?
Delphine narrates this novel, in which she and her sisters, Vonetta and Fern, visit their mother, Cecile. Cecile sends them to a day camp run by the local Black Panther movement. What is this Newbery Honor Book by Rita Williams-Garcia?
What is One Crazy Summer?
This novel is set on Canada's Prince Edward Island in the late 1800s. In it, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert adopt an orphaned girl whose big heart and bigger imagination endear her to the community. Name this novel about a precocious redhead, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
What is Anne of Green Gables?
This book was inspired by the Los Angeles riots that followed the Rodney King trial. During an outbreak of violence, Daniel and his mother search for their missing cat, which has befriended the cat of their neighbor, Mrs. Kim. Identify this Caldecott Medal winner by Eve Bunting.
What is Smoky Night?
This writer created Uncle Katsuhisa [kaht-soo-HEE-sah], who challenges his niece to chess every night, Auntie Fumi [FOO-mee], and Sammy. Her Newbery-winning novel sees Katie Takeshima learn about life's glittering qualities when her sister Lynn dies of lymphoma. Who wrote Kira-Kira?
In this novel, Marty Preston learns there's a right and a wrong way to do the right thing. He saves an abused dog from Judd Travers, but must work for Judd to earn the money to buy that beagle. Name this Newbery Medal winner by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
What is Shiloh?
This novel's title character befriends Steady Eddie, Lefty Lewis, Deza Malone, and Bugs. He travels from his foster home to a Flint shanty town before finding his grandfather in Grand Rapids. Give the title of this Depression-era novel, which won a Newbery for Christopher Paul Curtis.
What is Bud, Not Buddy?
This novel, which is set during the Great Depression, was based on a real accident in which a woman mistook kerosene for water. Billie Jo Kelby learns to play the piano with badly scarred hands, and helps her father heal from his wife's death. Give the title of this Newbery winner by Karen Hesse.
What is Out of the Dust?
This Caldecott winner relies entirely on its illustrations to tell the title character's story. Another dog pops the protagonist's favorite red toy, but brings her a blue one on a later trip to the park. What is this Chris Raschka work?
What is A Ball for Daisy?
This poet describes insects "whirling and weaving and wheeling and swirling" in "Whirligig Beetles." He frequently writes poems for multiple voices, which he has collected in Big Talk, I Am Phoenix, and Fireflies. Name this poet, who earned a Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.
Who is Paul Fleischman?
In this novel, Gulliver the guinea pig and his owner Virgil become trapped in a well. Valencia, Gen, and Kaori become friends as they work to undo Chet's prank and save Virgil and Gulliver. Name this Newbery Medal winner, written by Erin Entrada Kelly.
What is Hello, Universe?
This poet set one of his best-known works "On the shores of Gitche Gumee," where the elderly Nokomis lives. In another, a man spreads a warning to neighboring villages and farms after spotting two lamps in a church's belfry. Name the poet of "The Song of Hiawatha" and "Paul Revere's Ride."
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
In this novel, the Takeshima family moves from Iowa to Georgia, but the book ends with a family trip to California. Katie learns to view the world as a glittering place, even when her older sister Lynn dies of lymphoma. Name this Newbery winner by Cynthia Kadohata.
What is Kira-Kira?
This picture book depicts an imprisoned princess who attracts her prince by singing to forest birds. He defies the evil sorceress who has trapped his love by traveling to her tower and finding a way inside, despite its lack of a door. Identify this Caldecott-winning retelling of a fairy tale, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, about a girl with long hair.
What is Rapunzel?