joanne schott, editor

(In Looking Glass Land, things go in reverse. The next acrostic will be X minus one.)

You will need to print the acrostic in order to solve it. When the diagram is filled in, it will contain a quotation from a published work. Numbered squares in the diagram correspond to the numbered blanks to be filled in with the answers to the clues. The first letters of each answer, when read downwards, will spell the name of the author and the title of the work from which the quotation comes. The letter following the number in each square indicates the clue whose answer includes the letter to be entered in that square. Nearly all the clues have something to do with children's literature. You do not need to know more than about 8 (some say 6) answers to begin. As skeletons of words begin to form in the diagram and some initial letters of author and title are in place, work back and forth. Soon the parts of the puzzle will solve one another. Answers will be posted on the site on August 2nd, 1997.

A.

Canadian Noah's Ark (3 wds.)

___ 55

___ 175

___ 111

___ 36

___ 142

___ 99

___ 13

___ 162

B.

Author of The Devil In Vienna

___ 180

___ 53

___ 22

___ 101

___ 47

C.

"Our night ..., ..., and will end us" (1 wd. used twice. Clue: Hopkins)

___ 79

___ 17

___ 103

___ 141

___ 98

___ 26

D.

Sendak's The ... Theater for children (2 wds.)

___ 150

___ 115

___ 122

___ 83

___ 2

___ 164

___ 132

___ 40

___ 152

___ 96

___ 25

___ 58

E.

Henry Hagglyhoagly and Gimme the Ax lived in the country this writer created

___ 130

___ 72

___ 167

___ 156

___ 20

___ 91

___ 171

___ 85

F.

... peach, pear, plum

___ 51

___ 69

___ 145

___ 128

G.

He solved the cases of the lost list and the fishy prize

___ 159

___ 27

___ 59

___ 170

H.

"Better drowned than ...; if not ..., won't drown"

___ 29

___ 11

___ 94

___ 76

___ 143

___ 112

___ 44

I.

Sheila Egoff called it "the first really impressive illustrated book to be published in Canada". The ... (3 wds.)

___ 41

___ 3

___ 127

___ 73

___ 136

___ 184

___ 114

___ 88

___ 64

___ 176

___ 23

___ 166

J.

Orvis or Danny One

___ 75

___ 163

___ 108

___ 174

___ 9

K.

Their legends are found in Bierhorst's Black Rainbow

___ 154

___ 43

___ 62

___ 118

___ 89

L.

Tom Kitten's mother

___ 135

___ 182

___ 33

___ 126

___ 151

___ 100

___ 67

M.

Foolish folktale family who sat in the cellar crying over what would never happen, The ... (2 wds.)

___ 138

___ 153

___ 78

___ 15

___ 121

___ 68

___ 57

___ 185

___ 106

___ 46

___ 61

___ 160

N.

Number of toy soldiers the Bronteës had, minus Ed Young's blind mice, plus the Mulla Mulgars

___ 149

___ 1

___ 172

___ 63

___ 95

O.

Weapon for Issun Boshi

___ 28

___ 146

___ 109

___ 66

___ 12

___ 81

P.

The cat was in a ... in a production by The World Mother Goose Theatre

___ 181

___ 119

___ 7

___ 70

___ 157

___ 39

Q.

York's river

___ 6

___ 140

___ 37

___ 113

R.

Newbery winner about Georgie and Uncle Analdas (2 wds.)

___ 173

___ 56

___ 35

___ 161

___ 105

___ 92

___ 14

___ 129

___ 186

___ 48

S.

A cat or a cheese

___ 124

___ 80

___ 137

___ 4

___ 60

___ 21

___ 102

___ 168

T.

First English translator of Hans Andersen

___ 31

___ 87

___ 45

___ 165

___ 183

___ 179

U.

... at the Cucumbers; (American young fiction, 3 wds.)

___ 42

___ 120

___ 148

___ 131

___ 18

___ 74

___ 30

___ 125

___ 93

___ 178

V.

Award winner for book in Clue I won it again showing how this bird got its markings

___ 155

___ 177

___ 77

___ 52

W.

Short close-fitting man's garment, 16th/17th centuries

___ 134

___ 90

___ 117

___ 8

___ 107

___ 49

___ 16

X.

Charles G.D. Roberts's most enduring animal hero (2 wds.)

___ 86

___ 54

___ 116

___ 10

___ 34

___ 144

Y.

An old person of this place chiefly subsisted on gruel

___ 84

___ 104

___ 38

___ 24

___ 147

Z.

Where the Lost Boys lived (3 wds.)

___ 110

___ 71

___ 169

___ 97

___ 19

___ 82

___ 158

___ 50

___ 32

___ 139

___ 65

___ 123

___ 133

___ 5