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September 10, 2014 by Travis Jonker

‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#2)

September 10, 2014 by Travis Jonker   3 comments

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And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio (#1)

Sure you may know your children’s authors and illustrators, but can you name them from reading their Twitter bios? Test your skills below.

All credit for this post idea goes to Laura Given (@LibLaura5) – she gave it to me (thanks, Laura!).

Scoring

If you can name the author or illustrator after reading the bio only – 3 points

If you can name the author or illustrator after reading the bio and one clue – 2 points

If you can name the author or illustrator after reading the bio and two clues – 1 point

#1

Bio: C’mon! Just once around the block!

Clue 1: Location: Local Bus Depot

Clue 2: You know this one

Click here to reveal the answer

#2

Bio: Author, Ambassador, Stinky Cheese Wrangler

Clue 1: Location: World Wide

Clue 2: Before becoming an author, he was a teacher

Click here to reveal the answer

#3

Bio: I draw pictures for children’s books, thank God, because I really don’t know how to do anything else.

Clue 1: Location: Pasadena, CA

Clue 2: This illustrator’s first book was World-Famous Muriel and the Magic Mystery

Click here to reveal the answer

How’d you do?

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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Comments

  1. Donna Miller says

    September 10, 2014 at 7:10 am

    This round was easier than the first one – thanks! Good way to start my day.

    • Travis Jonker says

      September 10, 2014 at 11:33 am

      The first two are definitely Difficulty Level: Easy, the last one I would say is pretty tough. Thanks for giving it a shot!

  2. Rachael Stein says

    September 12, 2014 at 9:46 am

    Woohoo! Two out of three this time!

    Embarrassed about the third, though, because Frazee’s one of my favorites.

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