Book Trivia

Children and teens (ages 8-14/grades 3-8) are invited to a friendly competition!  See how much you remember from some of our staff's favorite books.

While walk-in participants are welcome, we ask that you please register (online or by phone) for this program.  If you wish to be on the same team as someone else, please register together using the blue "add more people" button at the top right of the registration page.  All registrants should be youth (ages 8-14).  When possible, we will offer two competition groups: elementary (grades 3-5) and middle school (grades 6-8).  Any teams containing at least one member in grades 6-8 will be considered a middle school team by default.

We typically play 3-4 rounds, so latecomers will have a chance to play!

Questions will be read aloud.  Points will be awarded on the basis of both correctness and speed.

All questions for our fall programs will be based upon the following book list:

Chapter Books

1. The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
2. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
3. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
4. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
5. Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
6. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
7. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
8. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Poetry/Novels in Verse

1. Odder by Katherine Applegate
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
3. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
4. Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Graphic Novels

1. Lion Dancers by Cai Tse
2. Cici’s Journal by Joris Chamblain
3. Four Eyes by Rex Ogle

Picture Books (includes fiction and nonfiction)

1. The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating
2. The Corgi and the Queen by Caroline L. Perry
3. Berry Song by Michaela Goade
4. Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
5. The Blue Pickup by Natasha Tripplett
6. The Napping House by Audrey Wood
7. Imogene’s Antlers by David Small
8. My Friend, the Starfinder by George Ella Lyon
9. Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
10. Lon Po Po: a Red-Riding Hood Story from China translated & illustrated by Ed Young
11. Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
12. The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
13. Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
14. The Case of Old MacDonald and His Farm by Mark Teague
15. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

All of these books are available to check out at either Harbin Memorial Library, Central City Public Library, or through the Libby app.