Can you name the characters from popular works of children's literature?

created by Chunklets
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  • Source: Wikipedia (mostly)
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CharacterNameAuthor
A vertically-challenged young ladyH.C. Andersen
A bird who is sent (by mail!) to a poor house-painterR. and F. Atwater
'A fussy little engine, always pulling coaches about'W.V. Awdrey
A very small native AmericanL.R. Banks
An ursine family patriarchS. & J. Berenstain
An enormous red dogNorman Bridwell
A ghost whose duties involve stair-creakingRobert Bright
Steam shovel belonging to Mike MulliganV.L. Burton
A baby bat raised by birdsJannell Cannon
A critter who eats 5 whole oranges in 1 day!Eric Carle
An elderly Italian woodcarverCarlo Collodi
The son of a pheasant-poacherRoald Dahl
A young girl who is addicted to gumRoald Dahl
An amateur detective, brother of JoeF.W. Dixon
A young pig who can sing Forty Very Loud SongsIan Falconer
An elderly racehorse-trainerWalter Farley
A teddy bear belonging to a girl named LisaDon Freeman
An Inuit girl who befriends a wolf packJ.C. George
An apprentice silversmith in 18th-century BostonEsther Forbes
A boy whose shrinking goes un-noticed by his parentsF.P. Heide
A wood carving of a man in a canoeH.C. Holling
A very very distant lighthouse-keeperMonica Hughes
A 4-year-old boy with a world-creating crayonCrockett Johnson
A pythonRudyard Kipling
CharacterNameAuthor
A nocturnal feeder and protector of animalsAstrid Lindgren
A two-headed gazelle-unicorn cross Hugh Lofting
A pet dog from California who ends up in AlaskaJack London
A bad-tempered wish-granting fey creatureE. Nesbit
A maid who tends to take things literallyPeggy Parish
An initially unpleasant 11-year-old foster childKatherine Paterson
An optimistic steam engineWatty Piper
An orphan whose name has become a byword for optimismE.H. Porter
A child-hating ex-wrestlerMordecai Richler
A vermicular resident of BusytownRichard Scarry
An instigator of wild rumpusesMaurice Sendak
The purveyor of delicious ham and eggsDr. Seuss
A girl with a reclusive Alpine grandfatherJohanna Spyri
The unknowing heir to the House of ShawsR.L. Stevenson
A mouse who lives with a famous detectiveEve Titus
A letter-writing dweller in Northern climesJ.R.R. Tolkien
The nanny at #17, Cherry Tree LaneP.L. Travers
Tom Sawyer's love interestMark Twain
A retired magician who doesn't like dogsC. Van Allsburg
A child who wishes to move to AustraliaJudith Viorst
A rooster, enemy of CockatriceWalter Wangerin, jr.
A mouse with human parentsE.B. White
A cruel and vindictive Minnesotan schoolgirlL.I. Wilder
A fever-stricken boy's stuffed animalMargery Williams
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