Children's Books

Crossword Puzzle Answers

Across:

1. Country where the Grand High Witch's castle is located   Norway
5. James' skinny aunt   Spiker
6. Country where the Enormous Crocodile lives   Africa
7. Contains "Cinderella" and "The Three Little Pigs"   Revolting Rhymes
9. Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver
11. Matilda's beloved teacher   Miss Honey
13. Mr. Wonka runs a chocolate factory
16. He makes "marvelous medicine"   George
17. Sequel to "Boy"   Going Solo
18. The type of birds Danny and his father poach   pheasants
21. In "Boy," young Roald has an operation to have these removed   adenoids
22. Led Dahl's formation in Battle of Athens, ace Pat Pattle
23. Occupation of "the hitchhiker"   fingersmith

Down:

1. A village with a very mixed-up vicar   Nibbleswicke
2. Tortoise who Mr. Hoppy tries to make grow   Alfie
3. The BFG catches them with a net   dreams
4. Outwits Boggis, Bunce, and Bean   Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. What Billy rides to escape the Terrible Bloodsuckling Toothpluckling Stonechuckling Spittler   swan
8. Egg-shaped aliens Mr. Wonka encounters in Space Hotel USA   Vermicious Knids
10. Claims to have 100 legs, but really only has 42   Centipede
11. Village where Gordon Butcher dug up priceless Roman treasure   Mildenhall
12. The BFG's favorite drink   frobscottle
14. Roald Dahl's first published children's book   "The Gremlins"
15. Almost lost by Roald in automobile crash from "Boy"   nose
19. James' fat aunt   Sponge
20. Trunchbull's first name   Agatha