‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#3)
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“And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#1)
“And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#2)
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: Illustration, mostly
Clue 1: Location: Los Angeles, CA
Clue 2: His first book was Cats’ Night Out
Click here to reveal the answer
#2
Bio: Read like a butterfly, write like a bee
Clue 1: His first children’s book was Count Karlstein
Clue 2: Three words: His Dark Materials
Click here to reveal the answer
#3
Bio: Author. illustrator. Creator of the Disney animated series, The Replacements. Now, I make books for your kids
Clue 1: Location: Los Angeles, CA
Clue 2: His first book was The Guild of Geniuses
Click here to reveal the answer
How’d you do?
Filed under: Authors, Twitter Bios
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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I’m really bad at this game! I got the 2nd one only after your really easy clue. =) I’m clueless on the other ones…