Awards
Genres
Teaching Strategies
Lit.Circle Novels
Miscellaneous
100
Voted by Librarians as the best written children's book of the year.
What is the Newberry Award?
100
This genre includes Snow White and Hansel and Gretel.
What is Traditional Literature?
100
Americans eat approximately 535 million pounds of this on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
100
The parade is held every year in this city.
What is New York City?
100
The day after Thanksgiving, often referred to as the biggest shopping day of the year, is nicknamed this.
What is Black Friday?
200
Voted as the best Illustrated children's book of the year.
What is the Caldecott Award?
200
This genre requires the reader to move beyond what is rational and realistic.
What is Fantasy or Modern Fantasy or Science Fiction?
200
What are the two most popular pies baked at Thanksgiving?
What are pumpkin and apple?
200
A float featuring this jolly fellow ends the parade every year.
Who is Santa Claus?
200
These two football teams play on Thanksgiving Day every year.
Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
300
People from this Western State are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
What is California?
300
This tribe of Native Americans were invited to the first Thanksgiving feast.
What are the Wampanoag?
300
Many Southern Americans serve this cheesy side dish with their Thanksgiving meal.
What is macaroni & cheese?
300
A giant balloon version of this cartoon dog has appeared in the parade more times than any other character (6 times).
Who is Snoopy?
300
This "honest" president is the one who officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
Voted the best African American author/subject book of the year.
What is the Coretta Scott-King Award?
400
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
400
Approximately 94% of American Thanksgiving meals include this tangy item.
What is cranberry sauce?
400
If you tune into this year's parade, you will see balloon characters from this book series, one of the most popular in our library.
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
400
This is what the word "cornucopia" means.
What is "horn of plenty?"
500
The annual school based contest revolving around the latest young adult literature.
What is The Battle of the Books?
500
The Mayflower held approximately this many pilgrims.
What is 100?
500
Approximately this percentage of American Thanksgiving meals include turkey (percentage should be in 10s).
What is 90%?
500
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade began in this decade.
What is the 1920s? (1924 to be exact).
500
In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated during this month.
What is October?