Baby Names
Nursery Rhymes
Children's Book Authors
The First Year
Baby Animals
100
According to the Social Security Admin. website, what was the most popular boy's name in 2011?
Jacob
100
Where did Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater put his wife?
in a pumpkin shell
100
What do you see? I see beautiful illustrations done by this author in all his books.
Eric Carle
100
When bringing your child home from the hospital should they be rear-facing or forward-facing?
rear-facing
100
Kid
baby goat
200
This girl's name means "Princess". Although, to this baby she would be queen.
Sara
200
How old was the pease porridge in the pot?
Nine days old
200
This author's famous book with a "picture of the cow jumping over the moon" has helped parents over the years put their children to bed at night.
Margaret Wise Brown
200
What is our call number for "What to Expect the First Year"?
649.122 Mur
200
Joey
baby kangaroo
300
This girl's first name is a palindrome. It is also the last name of a popular Adult Fiction author.
Hannah
300
What is the common denominator in the nursery rhymes "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Little Boy Blue"?
sheep
300
What is Dr. Seuss's real name?
Theodore Seuss Geisel
300
Name two pediatricians/authors who have given parents child-rearing advice over the years. Their last names start with the same letter.
Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dr. William Sears
300
Cygnet
baby swan
400
What was the most popular girl's name from 2011? (Hint: it starts with an "S".)
Sophia
400
Add up the following numbers: the number of fiddlers in "Old King Cole", the number the clock struck in "Hickory, Dickory", and the number of blackbirds baked in the pie in "Sing a Song of Sixpence". What's the total?
3 fiddlers + 1 (clock struck one) + 24 (four and twenty blackbirds) = 28 total
400
This children's book author/illustrator who died earlier this year has a book on the banned books list due to a naked little boy running around in the illustrations.
Maurice Sendak
400
About how many hours per day does a newborn sleep?
16 hours
400
Squab
baby dove
500
What is the name of the baby whose celebrity parents recently petitioned for the baby's name to be trademarked?
Blue Ivy
500
Fill in the blanks: Mary, Mary quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With ___________ and _____________ and pretty maids all in a row.
silver bells and cockleshells
500
This Junior Fiction series for girls has been penned under the same author's name for many years -- even though no one by that name ever wrote one of the books. Give the title of the series and the name of the author.
Nancy Drew and Carolyn Keene
500
According to the CDC, what vaccine is typically given at birth?
Hepatitis B
500
Hatchling
baby alligator
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