September+5,+2007

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 * 1) Angela’s Airplane, a children’s book about a young girl who pilots an airplane was written by an author who, some say, may have liked to ‘snack’. Who is the author? (//Robert Munsch//)
 * 1) Jean Little, a celebrated Canadian author who grew up in Taiwan as a daughter of expatriate medical doctors, suffers from a physical handicap. What is her physical handicap? (//Virtually Blind//)


 * 1) Catherine Simpson writes stories which often involve Vikings. Which Canadian province does she highlight in all of her books? (//Newfoundland//)


 * 1) The Money Pit, a story of a hidden treasure chest, was written by a famous Canadian author? (//Eric Walters//)


 * 1) Eric Walters wrote a teen novel about a boy who goes to visit Alexander Graham Bell in Nova Scotia to find that Mr. Bell invented not only the telephone but another great invention. What was his other invention? (//the hydrofoil//)


 * 1) Roch Carrier, a French Canadian author who grew up in rural Quebec, wrote a children’s book about what famous piece of sports clothing? (//The Hockey Sweater//)


 * 1) Rachna Gilmore wrote a young-reader picture book series featuring a girl who emigrates from India, becomes homesick, adjusts and makes friends, and then faces moving back to India. What is the name of the series? (//The Gita Series//)


 * 1) __The Last Safe House__, by Barbara Greenwood, was written to emphasize the abolition of which racist custom in USA? (//Slavery//)


 * 1) Josepha is the name of the central character of a book written by Jim McGugan featuring which area of Canada? (//The Prairies//)


 * 1) __Dead Man’s Gold and Other Stories__ was written by a famous Asian author who grew up in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Name the author. (//Paul Yee//)