Who Wrote This Awesome Book? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dr. Seuss

This is a very popular rhyming book by the author Dr. Seuss that tells the adventures of Jay and Kay. The book has been translated into several languages including Chinese, Yiddish, Spanish and French and is a favourite of parents and teachers. There is a ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure that shares the name of the book and the book title has been parodied by the American TV show "The Simpsons" and by rapper Yung Gravy.

Answer: Robert Munsch

"Smelly Socks" is a hilarious book about a girl named Tina who gets a new pair of socks that she loves so much that she swears she will never take them off. She leaves them on so long and they smell so bad that finally her classmates drag her to the river to wash them.

As a reward for washing her socks her mom gets her a new shirt that she loves so much and well you can probably guess the rest! Robert Munsch is an award winning Canadian-American author who has written numerous hilarious books for kids with titles such as "I Have to Go!", "Mud Puddle", "The Boy in the Drawer" and "We Share EVERYTHING!".

Answer: Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr

This simple picture book for toddlers has no plot but was written and illustrated to help very young children with colours. Some of the objects in the book are a Red Bird, a Yellow Duck, a Blue Horse and a Green Frog. The authors wrote and illustrated the book and also wrote other books with similar styles such as "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" which uses zoo animals and their sounds and "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?" which focuses on extinct animals.

In a 2012 poll by the School Library Journal, the book was ranked one of the "Top 100 Picture Books."

Answer: Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst is also the author of "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" which is probably more famous than her "Lulu" series but our family love this funny and smart book about a very spoiled girl who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. She doesn't get what she wants so she goes looking on her own and meets up with other animals before finally meeting a brontosaurus. The encounter isn't what she bargained for at all!

It's a little longer than most read aloud books that teachers use in class but can be used as a nice introduction to chapter books.

Answer: P. D. Eastman

P. D. Eastman wrote and illustrated this fantastic 1961 book about a number of different dogs and their adventures. The book introduces colours, actions and basic concepts like going up and down to the reader using humour and repetition. All of the dogs in the book are participating in random activities like riding scooters and driving cars and at the end they all meet up for a big dog party.

In 2003 a musical was created in Seattle for children's theatre and used throughout the US as a way to introduce children to theatre.

Answer: Mélanie Watt

French-Canadian author Mélanie Watt has written a number of books about "Scaredy Squirrel" who is a squirrel who is scared of everything! In the first book about this guy, he doesn't want to leave the safety of his tree because he thinks he'll be attacked by a killer bee so he makes a very detailed plan of how to stay safe and a plan with lots of precautions for when he has to leave the tree. When he leaves the tree, he ultimately faces his fear and then finds out he's a flying squirrel! The thing he is afraid of isn't so bad after all and he learns something new about himself.

Watt has won numerous awards for these books that help children overcome their fears. There is also a TV series that has been shown in Canada, the US and other countries throughout the world that is loosely based on the books.

Answer: Mélanie Watt

We really like the author Mélanie Watt in our house but in this book about a cat named Chester with a mind of his own, it's Chester who takes over as author! This is a hilarious picture book where the authors and illustrators battle over who tells the story by crossing out each other's work and adding their own instead.

The story starts with a mouse in the house but Watt's cat Chester doesn't like that idea so he crosses that out using a red marker and starts to tell his own story. Watt and her mouse don't like that so they cross out his work and on and on the battle goes.

There are a number of books about Chester and how he takes over and tries to tell his own story; they're hilarious and easy to read.

Answer: Jeff Smith

"Bone" is a graphic novel series that was written and illustrated by Jeff Smith. The series tells the story of Fone Bone and his two cousins as they take on a number of different adventures through fantasy lands that start when the cousins are kicked out of Boneville.

The books are very popular with young teens and have won several awards, including ten Eisner Awards (awards for American comic books) and eleven Harvey Awards (another set of awards for comic books). The series was originally created in black and white to imitate a more classic style. Colour versions were created for the UK market.

Answer: Dav Pilkey

This book is another big favourite in our house. It tells the story of two fourth graders named Harold and George who create a superhero comic called Captain Underpants. There is a whole "Captain Underpants" series that is hilarious and includes all kinds of characters including their mean Principal, Mr. Krupp, who develops superpowers; Melvin Sneedly, George and Harold's nemesis; and Sulu and Crackers, the boys' pets.

The series has sold over eighty million copies worldwide and translated into twenty different languages but it has also been banned in some schools in the United States because it uses crude humour and teaches children to disobey adults.

Answer: Jeff Kinney

This is the first in a series of books about a teenager named Greg Heffey. The books are written in the style of a teen diary and include notes and drawings to tell the daily struggles of the main character. Greg is a weak and unpopular student in middle school who really wants to become popular and the series is a funny take on his misadventures with family, friends and school.

The series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide, there have been movies made from the books in the series, a musical, audio and online books have been released and in 2009 Kinney was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People.