The two "magic numbers" often found in fairy tales.
What is 3 and 7
100
What is the call number where fairy tales, fables, and tall tales are found?
398.2
100
Name two of Bill Peet's books.
Chester the Worldly Pig,The Windingdilly, Cowardly Clyde, Big Bad Bruce, The Purplish, Bluish Egg, The Ant and the Elephant, Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent, The Wump World...and many more.
100
The call number for a non-fiction book includes what two elements?
The (Dewey Decimal) number and the name of the author
100
In "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" where does Alexander want to move to when things are not going well for him?
Australia
200
What are the two opposite themes found in fairy tales?
Good vs. evil
200
The name of the large category of stories that includes fairytales, fables, tall tales, porquoi tales, and legends
Folklore
200
What was Bill Peet's main hobby while he was growing up?
Drawing
200
Name two parts of a non-fiction book that can be used to locate information in the book.
The Table of Contents and the Index
200
This popular picture book character lives in a very cold place, loves to eat fish, and wears a Hawaiian shirt.
Tacky the Penguin
300
Members of this social class appear frequently in fairy tales.
Royalty
300
What was the moral of the Grasshopper and the Ants fable?
Do your work before you play
300
What provided the inspiration for many of Bill Peet's books?
Animals
300
What is a glossary in a non-fiction book?
A mini-dictionary of unfamiliar words in the book
300
This book by Chris van Allsburg features two creatures who spend an eventful night in a kitchen.
"Two Bad Ants"
400
Name one of the differences between Lit'mahn and Rumpelstiltskin.
He could hide in the shade, he had a wooden leg, he sparkled, he disappeared into flecks of gold, etc...
400
This former slave, from the Republic of Greece, who lived at around 800 BC, is said to be the author of many fables that have been handed down and are still told today.
Aesop
400
What was Bill Peet's first career before he started writing children's books?
He worked as an artist for Walt Disney Studios which made animated movies
400
What are four main sections where books are located in the library?
Non-fiction, Easy Fiction, Fiction (Chapter books), and Biography
(Reference is another category.)
400
This classic children's book begins,
"In an old house in Paris
that was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls
In two straight lines..."
Madeline
500
This person won a Caldecott Honor medal for illustrating and re-telling the story of Rumpelstiltskin
Paul Zelinsky
500
Name one of the natural "landmarks" or "features" Swamp Angel created by wrestling the bear "Thundering Tarnation."
The Smokey Mountains
The Shortgrass Prairie of Montana
The Bear constellation
500
Besides his autobiography, what book did Bill Peet say most closely told his story?
Chester the Worldly Pig
500
What are three ways to look for a book using Destiny?
Subject, Title, and Author
(Also by Keyword or by Series)
500
In this book, Viola Swamp, a mysterious substitute teacher, arrives and whips a misbehaving class into shape.