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This Eric Carle book follows a tiny insect as it eats its way through a variety of foods before transforming into a beautiful butterfly.

What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

100

In this Frances Hodgson Burnett novel, a young girl named Mary Lennox discovers a hidden, neglected garden that transforms the lives of everyone who cares for it.

What is The Secret Garden?

100

This author said "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."

Who is Dr. Seuss?

100

In A. A. Milne’s stories, this honey-loving bear lives in the Hundred Acre Wood with his friends Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore.

Who is Winnie the Pooh?

100

From A to Z, this is the total number of letters in the English alphabet.

What is 26?

200

This Dr. Seuss book includes the lines, “I do not like them here or there. I do not like them anywhere.”  

What is Green Eggs and Ham. 

200

In this E. B. White novel, a clever spider spins messages in her web to save a pig named Wilbur.

What is Charlotte’s Web?

200

This British poet wrote “The Eagle,” where he said, "He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands..." 

Who is Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

200

In this Dr. Seuss book, a mischievous character wearing a tall, red-and-white striped hat visits two bored children on a rainy day and turns their house upside down.

Who is the Cat in the Hat?

200

This term describes the person who writes a book.

What is an author?

300

In this Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle book, a series of colorful animals ask one another what they see.

What is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?

300

In this classic adventure story, an outlaw and his band of Merry Men hide in Sherwood Forest, where they outwit the Sheriff of Nottingham and help the poor.  

What is Robin Hood?

300

The poet who wrote The Lamb asks, “Little Lamb, who made thee?” in this poem about a gentle creature and its Creator.

Who is William Blake?

300

In The Secret Garden, this sickly, lonely boy is Mary Lennox’s cousin who believes he will never walk, until discovering the garden helps him regain his strength.

Who is Colin Craven?

300

In The Little Engine That Could, this famous phrase expresses the little blue engine’s determination to climb a steep hill while pulling a train full of toys.

What is “I think I can, I think I can”?

400

In this Mo Willems book, a persistent bird begs, pleads, and tries every trick in the book to get permission to operate a large vehicle.

What is Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!?

400

In this adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and sets sail on a dangerous voyage filled with pirates, including Long John Silver.

What is Treasure Island?

400

This young king declared, “I will ride to the churchyard and take the sword in the stone, for my brother shall not be without a sword this day.”

Who is King Arthur?

400

In Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this superstitious schoolteacher competes with Brom Bones for Katrina Van Tassel’s affection and encounters a mysterious headless horseman.

Who is Ichabod Crane?

400

This term describes a person who loves reading so much that they always have their nose buried in a book.

What is a bookworm?

500

In this Laura Numeroff book, giving a small rodent a sweet treat leads to a chain of increasingly ridiculous requests.

What is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?

500

In this novel by Anna Sewell, a horse narrates his life story, describing his experiences with both kind and cruel owners.

What is Black Beauty?

500

This American poet wrote the famous poem describing Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn the colonists that the British were coming. He starts by saying, "On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year."

Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

500

In this historical novel by Esther Forbes, a young Boston silversmith apprentice suffers a serious hand injury and becomes involved in the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Who is Johnny Tremain?

500

This word comes from Greek roots meaning “book” and “loving” and describes a person who has a deep love of books.

What is a bibliophile?