Do you remember the names of the important characters in the world of books? Here is a quiz to refresh your memory.

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Noddy, Bert Monkey, Big Ears, Tubby Bear: the toys of Toytown have kept us engrossed for years. Who was the author of the popular Noddy series?

Enid Blyton

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Nancy Drew

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Judy Blume

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Tom Sawyer

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Which was Judy Blume's first novel, in which young Winnie struggles to win support for a black family which has recently moved into her street?

Are you there God? It's me Margaret

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Freckle Juice

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Iggie's House

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The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo

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Who created the famous character of Harry Potter?

Charles Dickens

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J.K. Rowling

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George Orwell

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Agatha Christie

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Fighting off windmills, Don Quixote's 'quixotic' adventures have become a part of the English language. Who wrote about him?

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Hans Christian Anderson

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Cervantes

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Thomas Hardy

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'The Thirsty Crow', 'The Fox and the Grapes', and 'The Lion and the Mouse' are just some of the Aesop's Fables? What are they?

Animal tales

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Mythological stories

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Tales with a moral

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Adventure series

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His book, 'Malgudi Days', about young Swami's childhood misadventures, was later adapted as an Indian television series. Who wrote it?

Premchand

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Ruskin Bond

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Anurag Mathur

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R.K. Narayan

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Asked to educate the three dull sons of a king in ancient India, this teacher came up with a fascinating collection of stories - the 'Panchatantra' - that spoke of animals and birds but taught the young princes everything they needed to know to become good rulers.

Uma Krishnaswamy

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Pandit Vishnu Sharma

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Tulsidas

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Premchand

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This book by Louisa M Alcott was adapted into a movie. Name the book.

Babe

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Cinderella

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Little Women

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Sound of Music

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Who was the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'? It is a classic that looks at an important period of American history, of the Civil War fought to abolish slavery?

R.L. Stevenson

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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James Herriot

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Ezra Jack Keats

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Who created the Billy Bunter series, about the plump, bespectacled, ever-hungry school boy who was the butt of pranks and jokes?

Janet Stevens

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Dr. Seuss

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Beatrix Potter

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Frank Richards

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Who is the creator of the 'Cat in the Hat'?

E.B. White

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Dr. Seuss

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Enid Blyton

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Lewis Carroll

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This filmmaker who won an Oscar award for his lifetime achievements, wrote a gripping series about the adventures of a detective called Feluda. Who was he?

R.K. Narayan

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Premchand

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Satyajit Ray

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Ruskin Bond

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This magical tale by author Lewis Carroll takes a girl into the land of tea parties, talking rabbits and nervous knights. What was her name?

Louisa

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Red Riding Hood

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Dorothy

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Alice

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A scarecrow and a tin man join a spunky Kansas girl in her journey to a magician. What is the name of this book by Frank L. Baum?

The Five Children and It

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Anne of the Green Gables

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The Wizard of Oz

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Charlotte's Web

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Who wrote 'Charlotte's Web', the tale of how an intelligent spider saves a pig from landing up on the dinner table.

E.B. White

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Dr. Seuss

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Enid Blyton

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Lewis Carroll

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