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Paul Jennings

Paul Jennings is one of the world's best living tellers of fantastic tales.

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1.  Where and when was Paul Jennings born?

2.  How old was Paul when the family moved to Australia?

3.  When was his first book published and what was it called?

4.  Why do children love Paul Jennings stories?

5.  What did Paul do when he was 15?

6.  What was the result? (from question 5)

7.  What does mortified mean?

8.  Spooner or Later, Duck For Cover and Freeze A Crowd are all co-written by Paul Jennings and which other Australian authors?

9.  "What if Eileen had infected something else? What if the hospital had cockroaches? Or bedbugs? What if the frogs weren't all dead?

I stifled a scream."

Which Paul Jennings book is this?

10. What three things does Paul Jennings say you need to become a writer?

11. "Pink Bowtie" comes from which Paul Jennings book?

12. How are the book and the TV episode different?