kb Literature 2013 #2 Flashcards
In the book “Dr. Doolittle” by Hugh Lofting, what is the name of the parrot that taught Dr. Doolittle to talk to the animals?
Polynesia
A book by Jean de Brunhoff tells the story of a young elephant who leaves the jungle, visits a big city, and returns to become the king of the elephants. What is the name of the young elephant?
Babar
Finish this statement found in Aesop’s fable “The Milkmaid and Her Pail.”
“Do not count your chickens before ______.”
they are hatched
The book “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” by Ian Fleming is about a magical ___.
car
In the book “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, what kind of animal was Moby Dick?
a white whale
In the book “The House at Pooh Corner” by A.A. Milne, what was the name of the boy that owned Pooh?
Christopher Robin
In the book by Judith Viorst, who had a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”?
Alexander
What mythological animal was a horse with one horn?
unicorn
Name the book by Munro Leaf that begins, “Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull.”
“Ferdinand the Bull”
In the book “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl, on what building did the peach finally come to rest?
the Empire State Building
What honor is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children?
the Caldecott Medal
What Greek hero was able to be injured only at his heel?
Achilles
What mythological character fell in love with his own reflection?
Narcissus
In the “Bible,” who led the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Moses
Finish this analogy: Bird is to lungs as fish is to ____.
gills
