Picture Books
An editor told Shel Silverstein that this book was “too simple” for adults and “too sad” for kids.
What is The Giving Tree?
This classical novel has featured Vivien Leigh and Keira Knightley as its title character in separate screen adaptations.
What is Anna Karenina?
This librarian of Alexandria invented the comma, colon, and full stop punctuation marks.
Who was Aristophanes?
I might find a book on birds in this Dewy Decimal Catogory.
What is the 500's?
The 1907 book titled, "The Secret Agent", was written by this author.
Who was Joseph Conrad?
In 1987 nine animal statues—a mama and eight babies—were erected in Boston to commemorate this book book.
What is Make Way for Ducklings?
Daisy Jones & The Six is written is this unique format.
What is oral history?
This contrevsial playwright went to prison in 1962 for defacing library books. One of the cartoons he drew shows an elderly tattooed man in trunks.
Who was Joe Orton?
I can find biographies in this special library section.
What are the 92's?
The 1915 book titled, "The Rainbow", was written by this author.
Who was D. H. Lawrence?
This author originally wanted his 1963 picture book to be about “wild horses,” until he realized he couldn’t draw horses.
Who was Maurice Sendak?
Where the Crawdads Sing centers around a murder trial that takes place in this state.
What is North Carolina?
This is the largest library in the United States, holding more than 30,000,000 volumes in it's collection.
What is the Library of Congress?
Fiction is organized by this factor.
What is alphabetically by last name?
The 1924 book "Parade's End" was written by this author.
Who was Ford Maddox Ford?
According to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the mouse will ask for this item once he has a cookie.
What is milk?
This vintage contemporary book’s screen adaptation features Anna Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
What is The Queen's Gambit?
This 10 or 13 digit number is a unique identfier for any pubished book.
What is an ISBN (International Standard Book Number)?
I might find a book on pyramid schemes in this Dewy Decimal catogory.
What are the 500's?
The 1934 book titled "Call It Sleep" was written by this author?
Who was Henry Roth?
Eric Carle’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is known for this atypical physical feature.
What are holes cut through the pages?
The Last Letter from Your Lover features a forbidden love story between a wealthy socialite and a journalist in this influential decade.
When were the 1960's?
This influential femisnist thinker claimed to have read 2 Harlequin novels per day for more than 20 years.
Who was bell hooks?
I might find a book on government in this Dewy Decimal catogory.
What are the 300's?
The 1938 book titled, "Scoop", was written by this author?
Who was Evelyn Waugh?