September+16

1. This brave mouse, whose last name is also the name of a rather smelly (but delicious!) English cheese, faces all kinds of dangers in his many books. What is his name? (Geronimo Stilton)

2. This author and former children’s librarian won the Carnegie Medal twice with her books The Haunting (1982) and The Changeover (1984). In 2006, she also won the Hans Christian Andersen award. Her work includes picture books for children and novels for young adults. Who is she?(Margaret Mahy)

3. This author grew up in a second-hand bookshop in Brisbane, an ideal place for a budding writer. Our latest addition to our ISB library is Millie and the Night Heron, but she has published a more recent book called Being Bee. What is this author’s name? (Catherine Bateson)

4. Patrick Ness, the author of The Knife of Never Letting Go, became a British citizen after ne moved to the UK. But where was he born? (USA)

5. Who won the Carnegie medal in 2008 with his book, Here Lies Arthur? (Philip Reeve)

6. This author was born in the USA but attended Oxford University as a student. His first book __And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street__ appeared in 1937 and changed the world of children’s literature. His real name is Theodor Geisel, but he has a much more famous pen name. Who is this author? (//Dr. Seuss//)

7. This author was a good friend of C.S. Lewis’. The two of them spent numerous merry hours in an Oxford pub called the Eagle and Child criticizing each other’s work, including the author’s first drafts of a work that became a classic and that was a major epic movie in three parts a couple of years ago. What is the name of the author? (//J R R Tolkien//)

8. Julia Golding is the author of __The Companions Quartet__ of which the first book tells of a <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">seaside town which is full of adults and children who have strange links to creatures. It's the heart of the secret Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures, a group of people sworn to ensure that mythical beasts are kept safe. Normally the creatures and their chosen humans work in harmony. But something abnormal is happening there. What is the name of this book which is the first in the series? (//The Secret of the Sirens//)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">9. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This author was born in 1907, and grew up at a farm in the south of Sweden. Her first book was published in 1944, followed a year later by Pippi Longstocking. Who is the author? (Astrid Lindgren)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">10. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Who is the author of Cookie and Mys Sister Jodie? (Jacqueline Wilson)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">11. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">How many people are hiding behind the pseudonym of Erin Hunter? (Three)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">12. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This author wrote a book that was published in 1969 and that has has eaten its way into the hearts of millions of children all over world. Who is this author? (Eric Carle)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">13. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This author was the illustrator of many of Roald Dahl’s books, but also wrote books himself. The title of one of his books is The Enormous Crocodile. What is the name of this author?(Quentin Blake)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">14. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His first children's book was Count Karlstein (1982, republished in 2002). That was followed by The Ruby in the Smoke (1986), the first in a quartet of books featuring the young Victorian adventurer, Sally Lockhart. He has also written a number of shorter stories. They include The Firework-Maker's Daughter, I Was a Rat!, and Clockwork, or All Wound Up. Who is thia author? (Philip Pullman)

<span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span style="color: #221e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">15. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This Australian author writes books that are fast-paced and contain lots of action-scenes. He is a huge movie fan and owns a life size replica of Han Solo (Star Wars) and a DeLorean DMC-12 (Back to the future). Our library has quite a few books by him. Some titles are The 7 Deadly Wonders, Crash Course, Contest, and Scarecrow. Who is this author? (Matthew Reilly)