Kids' Books Quiz 2019!

Randomness alert! These questions were originally designed for the young readers in my life and therefore based on their favourite reads of the year. Some of the books are very current, others date a little, some are huge best-sellers others not so much, but ALL were deeply loved and read many times.
You can take the quiz online at this link or, if technology fails, the questions are listed below.
Check out answers in this other post, and revel in the bibliography of what an 11- and a nearly-8-year-old have enjoyed in 2019.




1. What are the three magical items found by the three heroes of The Cloud Horse Chronicles?
a. A runcible spoon; a worpal sword; a cello
b. A tin of Tearful Tea; a gingerbread warrior; a sentient clock
c. A subtle knife; a reliable hammer; a discreet colander

2. What does the main protagonist of We Won an Island want to build on the island?
a. An ice-cream factory
b. A donkey sanctuary
c. A year-round fun fair

3. Thanks to the blood of which animal can Charlie Ashanti of Lion Boy speak to cats?
a. A tiger mother
b. An ocelot pack leader
c. A leopard cub

4. Where are the adventures of the Warrior Cats set?
a. White Hart Woods
b. Hundred-Acre Wood
c. Farthing Wood


5. Where can you find the Marram Marshes and the House of Foryx?
a. in The Chronicles of Narnia
b. in Harry Potter
c. in Septimus Heap

6. Where do Jill, Terry and Andy live?
a. in the 13-storey tree house
b. in the magical school bus
c. in Lamonic Bibber

7. What extra classes is Raymie Nightingale taking this summer?
a. Baton twirling
b. opera singing
c. ancient greek

8. Why is Boot called Boot?
a. it's the name his previous owner gave him
b. he found a boot in his chest compartment when he woke up in the scrapeyard
c. it's from 'Reboot', the first word he said when he woke up

9. For which space program do the Catstronauts work?
a. MEOW
b. COOKIE
c. CATSUP

10. What are Greg Heffley’s brothers called?
a. Jeff and Kinney
b. Harold and George
c. Rodrick and Manny

11. Who is the Space Girl?
a. Zita
b. Alien
c. Lula




12. What does Friday O’Leary keep shouting in the Mr Gum books?
a. Truth is a lemon meringue!
b. Life is always greener in Lamonic Bibber!
c. What's for dinner Mr Gum?

13. What do you get if you assemble Officer Knight and Greg?
a. the Dynamic Duo
b. Dog Man
c. Cat Boy

14. 'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet.' Which was the perfect one?
a. a frog
b. a puppy
c. a duck-billed platypus

15. What is Garfield’s favourite dish?
a. lasagna
b. burger and chips
c. he will eat anything

16. Which of the following is a famous dangerologist?
a. Doctor Noel Zone
b. Doctorr Noel Zone
c. Docter Noel Zone

Answers and some great books

1. What are the three magical items found by the three heroes of The Cloud Horse Chronicles?

a. A runcible spoon; a worpal sword; a cello

2. What does the main protagonist of We Won an Island want to build on the island?

b. A donkey sanctuary

3. Thanks to the blood of which animal can Charlie Ashanti of Lion Boy speak to cats?

c. A leopard cub

4. Where are the adventures of the Warrior Cats set?

a. White Hart Woods

5. Where can you find the Marram Marshes and the House of Foryx?

c. in Septimus Heap

6. Where do Jill, Terry and Andy live?

a. in the 13-storey tree house

7. What extra classes is Raymie Nightingale taking this summer?

a. Baton twirling

8. Why is Boot called Boot?

c. it's from 'Reboot', the first word he said when he woke up

9. For which space program do the Catstronauts work?

c. CATSUP

10. What are Greg Heffley’s brothers called?

c. Rodrick and Manny

11. Who is the Space Girl?

a. Zita

12. What does Friday O’Leary keep shouting in the Mr Gum books?

a. Truth is a lemon meringue!

13. What do you get if you assemble Officer Knight and Greg?

b. Dog Man

14. 'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet.' Which was the perfect one?

b. a puppy

15. What is Garfield’s favourite dish?

a. lasagna

16. Which of the following is a famous dangerologist?

c. Docter Noel Zone (yes, with an E, a bit like Anne of Green Gables)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We had a very lively session today with a selection of Christmas stories, Christmas FM in the background and mince pies! The little ones, most of which will be celebrating their first xmas in a few weeks, were in a showing off mood, practising standing on their own two feet and showing us how Head Shoulders Knees and Toes is done. We loved looking at how Maisie and her friends decorate their tree (it's a bit like how we do it), listening to the sounds of the Noisy Christmas Book and driving Santa's scooter from Whizzy Santa. 

As our members are really quite young at the moment, we try and come up with activities that will appeal to their senses and will amuse their grown-ups. It turns out cutting shapes out of wrapping paper is a hit with both, and that babies LOVE exploring cotton wool. So we had the ideal materials to decorate our own Christmas tree, inspired by Maisie and co. The babies enjoyed manipulating the paper and the cotton, passing them to be glued to the 'tree' and rolling about in the books.

We left everyone full of seasonal spirit… and ready for a good nap!

As promised, here are the links to the songs and videos.

It's the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - The Muppets Christmas Song:

You're a mean one, Mr Grinch (Original 1966 Version) 

Watch the Snowman, based on the book by Raymond Briggs

For an amazing display of lights, check out Trista Lights 2016 Christmas Light Show - Featured on ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight 

Tune in to ChristmasFM online or on 105.2 FM.