1. In Freya Blackwood’s Harry & Hopper, winner of the medal last year, Harry is sad because of the death of his loving pet Hopper. What is Hopper?

   1. Rabbit

   2. Guinea-pig

   3. Dog

   4. Kangeroo

2. The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (2007) by Mini Grey is a funny crime story based upon which famous nursery rhyme?

   1. Hey Diddle-Diddle

   2. Little Miss Muppet

   3. Little Jack Horner

   4. Sing a Song of Sixpence

3. In Chris Riddell’s Jonathan Swift's Gulliver (2004) what food are the tiny Lilliputians obsessed with?

   1. Cheese

   2. Pizza

   3. Eggs

   4. Crisps

4. Which year did Helen Oxenbury win the award for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

   1. 1979

   2. 1989

   3. 1999

   4. 2009

5. What is the name of the pirate ship that Jake Carpenter joins to sail the high seas in Chris Riddell’s Pirate Diary? (2001)

   1. The Spaniel

   2. The Labradoodle

   3. The Beagle

   4. The Greyhound

6. Helen Cooper’s Pumpkin Soup (1998) tells the story of three three animals squabbling over a delicious bowl of soup. The punch-up involves a cat, a squirrel and what other creature?

   1. Duck

   2. Pigeon

   3. Eagle

   4. Budgie

7. Shirley Hughes’s Ella's Big Chance (2003) retells which classic children’s fairy tale?

   1. Rumpelstiltskin

   2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

   3. Cinderella

   4. Sleeping Beauty

8. When a rabbit and a wolf meet in Emily Gravett’s Wolves (2005) there are two possible endings to the tale... In the second ending what stops the wolf from eating the rabbit?

   1. He has toothache

   2. He is just a picture

   3. The rabbit eats the wolf first!

   4. He is vegetarian

9. Bob Graham writes about a boy called Jethro Byrde in his winning 2002 story, but Jethro is not a normal child. What makes him special?

   1. He is a fairy-child

   2. He is a wizard-child

   3. He is a leprechaun-child

   4. He is an elf-child

10. In Emily Gravett’s Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (2008) one of Little Mouse’s many fears is sciaphobia. What is this?

    1. Fear of fear

    2. Fear of spiders

    3. Fear of shadows

    4. Fear of skiing

Solutions

1:C, 2:A, 3:C, 4:C, 5:D, 6:A, 7:C, 8:D, 9:A, 10:C

Scores

1. 6 and above.

   Back to the drawing board! You’re pictures seem a little messy. Never mind - keep trying

2. 8 and above.

   So close. You just coloured a little outside of the lines there. Sharpen your pencil and have another go!

3. 10 and above.

   Excellent! A true work of art. Maybe one day you’ll be winning the medal for real...