Think you know Canadian authors and illustrators of CanKidLit? Or want to learn more? Try my quiz and submit your answers via Google Forms here for your chance to win a box of books for young readers.
How to Play:
There are 15 questions below related to Canadian authors and illustrators. Each answer will require one or two complete names (first name and last name, in English). In total, 18 names will be needed to answer the questions. (Watch your spelling! You could lose 1/2 for incorrect spelling.)
Submission: Submit answers via Google Forms here. Only one submission per person.
Contestants: This contest is open to Canadian residents only. (Address to which the books will be sent must be a Canadian address.) There is no age restriction on submissions.
Deadline: Answers must be submitted by 12 PM EST on Saturday, November 5, 2022.
Winner: A winner will be selected from submissions with the most correct answers. If multiple submissions have the most correct, a random number draw will be made, with numbers based on submission date and time. The winner will be announced on Monday, November 7, 2022 on this blog.
Prize: A box of books for young people written by Canadian authors. (I will consult with the winner about the age group for whom the books were won.)
Good luck, Canadian readers!
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QUESTIONS:
1. Which Canadian author and Order of Canada recipient has written everything from dystopia, tigers, spies, space, 9/11 to Terry Fox?
2. These sisters are both author-illustrators. Though they have illustrated their own books as well as those written by others, they have never co-authored a picture book together. Who are they?
3. This author-illustrator is probably the foremost illustrator of plasticine art, winning countless awards for her artwork including the Governor General's award for illustration, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz children's book award, the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Vicky Metcalf award. Did I mention she was also appointed to the Order of Canada? Name this author and illustrator.
4. This Canadian author can find the humour in even the most emotional dramas. No wonder a prime-time TV law series which she created is such a hit. Who is this writer?
5. He's done CBC sports, hosted CBC Sunday Morning, illustrates for others, and writes his own picture books and middle grade novels. And he once painted a mural on Yonge Street for his book launch. Who is this author and illustrator?
6. Though she's written many award-winning books, this Canadian writer was bestowed with the Order of Princess Olha by the Ukrainian President for her depictions of Ukrainian history through her books. Who is she?
7. Name two sisters who are Canadian author-illustrators who've written several picture books together.
8. This author is the founder of Canada's first festival for diverse authors and storytellers and a writer of picture books and novels for young people as well as adults. Name this author.
9. This
author has written two picture books, one which highlights the issue of
missing and murdered Indigenous women and the other relates to her
grandfather's residential
school experience. Who is this author?
10. Though her many novels have social justice themes from across the world including Afghanistan, Malawi, Iran, the West Bank and Bolivia, as well as Canada, her latest ventures are one word-titled short story collections that allow readers to travel to a multitude of countries in one book. Who is this author?
11. This Quebec author-illustrator is probably best known for her frightened sciurine character but my personal favourite is her red marker-wielding feline with cheek. Who is this creator?
12. This Swampy Cree author has written more than 20 picture books, middle grade, and YA books and won two Governor General Literary Awards. Who is this author?
13. This Toronto author blends the surreal with the real so flawlessly that his steampunk airships seem to be historic stories, an attack by aliens with plants and insects seems imminent and the voices of his chiropteran characters totally believable. Name this author.
14. This Irish Canadian author has been awarded the Governor General Literary Award twice, both for novels of historical fiction set in the mid-1800s but one originating in Ireland and the other in Virginia, USA. Who is this author?
15. Most young children will recognize this picture book author's name but they're also probably recognizing the artist who has illustrated more than 25 of his books. Name both the author and the illustrator.
Good Luck and Bonne Chance
to all reader-participants!
