Elsa Lanchester:Bride of Frankenstein & Kidlit Movie Superstar

Elsa Lanchester was the Bride of Frankenstein.

But she was much more and (today being her birthday) let me make a case for her being also a Superstar of Kidlit Movies. Not as a title character, perhaps, but the sort of powerful supporting role that makes a movie work. And she did it over and over again.
For example, [...]

Jonas Brothers & Walter & E.T. & Freddie & Kotzwinkle

This new Jonas Brothers “Walter the Farting Dog” movie (reported in Variety) would not be the first movie from a story by author William Kotzwinkle….
I speak not of his novelization of “E.T.” but rather of his work on:
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Which, if I recall correctly through the haze of many years, [...]

Sam’s (no longer) Daily Kidlit Trivia Trebla

Answer to the previous questions is: The amazing Gene Deitch’s amazing comic “Terr’ble Thompson!”

Learn more and BUY THE BOOK at http://www.genedeitch.com/
You’ll also read an interesting story about Deitch’s one-of-a-kind John Lee Hooker recordings!
Meanwhile:
Today’s question, match these piping hot titles to their kidlit source:
A) Piper at the Gates of Dawn
B) And his fingers they noticed were ever straying, As [...]

Sam’s (no longer) Daily Kidlit Trivia Treehouse

Hey kids, the Magic Treehouse Gang is back!
This time they’re going back to 1955 to meet another kid with a time traveling tree house*!
He wasn’t in a book, though, he was in a eponymous newspaper comic strip by Gene Deitch! Boom!
What was the name of the kid?
Superchallenge: What was the name of the bad guy?
*I’m [...]

Sam’s (almost) Daily Kidlit Trivia Eggtooth

Yesterday, we had a duck by the amazing Garth Williams. He’s the master, huh? (I think this picture was from his 123 book. I took the photo a while back and my memory has dimmed already.)
Williams is one of those illustrators, like E.H. Shephard, who struck once-in-a-lifetime gold more than once. His “Little House on the [...]

Sam’s (almost) Daily Kidlit Trivia Up Quark

Time for another round of Name that Poultry (illustrator).

I don’t think these little guys have names, so you just have to identify the illustrator for 100 points. For 100,000 points name the book.
 
Answer to the previous question: The book/album/show “Free To Be You and Me” was inspired when Marlo Thomas decided that every existing piece [...]

Sam’s (almost) Daily Kidlit Trivia Quizlet brought to you by BACA

It’s the same old story: celebrity looks at a few childrens book. Decides that all childrens books are garbage and only he/she can save the little children of the world.
But this story doesn’t end with Mr. Papple’s Apples or whatever that thing was.
 No, in this story the celebrity creates a juggernaut – a book, an [...]

Sam’s (almost) Daily Kidlit Trivia Operetta

To answer yesterday’s question: Blackwhite the Penguin (or was it Whiteblack) was created by Margaret and H.A. Rey but “lost” for many years.
You may have heard that during WWII, the Rey’s fled Paris on a bicycle loaded with four manuscripts. But it turned out there was a fifth! And though uber-editor Ursula Nordstrom apparently forgot all [...]

Sam’s (almost) Daily Kidlit Trivia Whatnot

Who or what is “iVY LOU?”
Note: Capitalization counts!
Hint
Answer

Sam’s (almost) Daily Kidlit Trivia Globule

For 60 points: Today I received three books from the “Get a Clue” series by Julian Press. What’s the BIG BIG BIG deal about these books?
Answer
Superchallenge: What is Julian’s father’s name?