Identify the Animal Quiz | For Children

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1. I am very soft and people like to pet me. In the same story, you can try on Mummy's ring and scratch Daddy's beard. What kind of animal am I?

Answer: Rabbit or bunny

"Pat the Bunny" was written by Dorothy Kunhardt for her then three-year-old daughter. The book encourages the reader to touch and feel different textures in the story, including the soft rabbit.

This picture is of a carrot, a food rabbits generally like to eat.

2. I am hungry. I am so hungry that I ate, among other things, chocolate cake, ice cream, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon. And then I had a big stomach ache! What kind of animal am I?

Answer: Caterpillar

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was written by author Eric Carle. In the story, he emerges from an egg and spends the next few days eating. After he stuffs himself, he falls asleep inside a cocoon. This is a popular book that has won many awards.

This image is of a leaf, which is one of the things that the very hungry caterpillar ate through.

3. Don't let me drive the bus! What kind of animal am I? Sometimes you see me and my friends in a park where people feed us.

Answer: Pigeon

"Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" is a book by an author named Mo Willems. In this story, the driver of a bus has to leave, and he tells the reader not to let the pigeon drive the bus while he's away. The pigeon really wants to drive the bus, though, and comes up with a lot of reasons why he should.

This image is of a toy bus.

4. I'm not like the other young animals of my species. They like to fight each other, whereas I prefer to sit under a tree and smell flowers. What kind of animal am I?

Answer: Bull

"The Story of Ferdinand" was first published a long time ago by an author named Munro Leaf. In this story, Ferdinand is a young bull who likes to smell flowers, while all of the other young bulls want to fight.

This image is supposed to be of bull horns.

5. My name is Pete and I love my white shoes. What kind of animal am I?

Answer: Cat

"Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" is a book written by Eric Litwin and illustrated by James Dean. In the story, Pete's new white shoes turn different colors as he walks through different messes.

This image is supposed to be of whiskers, the kind that cats have.

6. My name is Charlotte, and I live in a barn, above my friend, a pig named Wilbur. Wilbur is a pig and I am a ____. What animal goes in the blank?

Answer: Spider

Charlotte is a spider featured in the book "Charlotte's Web". In this story, a little pig named Wilbur has a hard time making friends with other barnyard animals, but Charlotte the spider really likes him. Charlotte is a very smart spider who can write messages with her web. The story was written by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams.

This image is of a fly, which is something that often gets caught in spider webs.

7. My name is Toot, and my friend's name is Puddle. We live in a tidy house in Woodcock Pocket. What kind of animal are we?

Answer: Pig

Toot and Puddle are two pigs who are best friends. In the stories, Toot likes to travel the world, whereas Puddle likes to stay at home. Puddle likes hearing about Todd's stories from his travels. The series was written by an American author named Holly Hobbie, who has also written books about a girl also named Holly Hobbie.

The image of pink is supposed to remind you of the color of pigs.

8. I am a little animal, and if you give me a cookie, I might insist on a glass of milk to go with it, and then a whole lot of other things. What am I?

Answer: Mouse

"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" was written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. In this story, we see what happens if you give a mouse a cookie; she will probably want a glass of milk to go with it, and then so many things happen, that the mouse almost forgets about the cookie in the first place.

Numeroff and Bond created several books like this, including "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" and "If You Give a Pig a Pancake."

This image is supposed to be a wedge of cheese, which is something some mice like to nibble on.

9. We are so mischievous, we made a cap salesman very angry when we stole his caps. In the end, however, he outsmarted us. What kind of animal are we?

Answer: Monkey

"Caps for Sale" is an old tale where some monkeys stole all the caps from a cap peddler. But the peddler figured out how to get the caps back in a very clever way. The story is old but a Russian author named Esphyr Slobodkina wrote a book about it and the book has become very famous.

The image is of a banana, which is something some monkeys like to eat.

10. My best friend is Toad. That's the kind of animal he is and it's also his name. He's rather grumpy, whereas I am more cheerful. What kind of animal am I? It's also my name.

Answer: Frog

Frog is one half of a duo of best friends, Frog and Toad, who appear in a children's book series written by Arnold Lobel. Frog and Toad do many things together. Some of the activities they've shared are flying a kite, cleaning Toad's messy house, and gardening.

This image is of lily pads, which is where some frogs like to live. Lily pads are plants that have flat leaves that make for nice sitting areas for frogs.

Source: Author PootyPootwell

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Identify the Animal Trivia Quiz

Each question in this quiz is about a children's story that features an animal. I'll describe the story, and you identify the animal. Good luck!

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