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TASK HELP: Winter Challenge 2023
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25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
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Congratulations, you win! (acceptable)Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and other covers where the animal is drawn, painted, etc. as long as it is clear what animal it is and the tail is shown.
Ivory Apples - fruit
Pigs - animal
Sneeuwwit - animal
What the River Knows - animal
Come and Get It - animal
Horse or other animal without bones in tail is ok
Miss Lattimore's Letter - chair
People We Meet on Vacation - chair
The Cape Cod Mystery - chair
Pineapple Street - chair
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - chair
Down by the River - chair
Sorry, better luck next time! (not acceptable)
Marie (UK) wrote: "Days at the Morisaki Bookshop there is definitely tail not sure if it is a real cat or stylised but does this owrk?"That's fine, a drawing like that is ok, as it's clearly a cat with a tail.
Would this qualify as "piece of fruit"? Look at the chest region of the woman.
Thanks!
Is the partial animal okay since the tail is visible?
I have a question about the interpretation about the chair...You say it must have a back and seat, for one person. Does this mean you must be able to see both the back and the seat? I have several on my TBR where you know it's a chair and can see the back, but someone is sitting there and you can not see the seat. Is this OK for the task?
Amy wrote: "Is the partial animal okay since the tail is visible?"Yes, it's pretty clear it is a 4-legged animal, they seem to be wild pigs.
Kathy KS wrote: "I have a question about the interpretation about the chair...You say it must have a back and seat, for one person. Does this mean you must be able to see both the back and the seat? I have severa..."
Can you post your examples? The idea was that it shouldn't be a bench or someone sitting on a bed, etc.
Deedee wrote: "Would this qualify as "piece of fruit"? Look at the chest region of the woman.Thanks!"
Yes, I see the apple!
Robin P wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "I have a question about the interpretation about the chair...You say it must have a back and seat, for one person. Does this mean you must be able to see both the back and the se..."
Here's the first example I came across. The chair has a back and it's obvious she's sitting on a seat.
Kathy KS wrote: "Robin P wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "I have a question about the interpretation about the chair...You say it must have a back and seat, for one person. Does this mean you must be able to see both the..."
Yes, it's clear to me that is a chair.
Chris wrote: "Would these be acceptable as chairs? 
"Yes, lounge chairs are fine.
Robin P wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Robin P wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "I have a question about the interpretation about the chair...You say it must have a back and seat, for one person. Does this mean you must be abl..."
Great, that helps.
chairs? (checking the first more than the second, tbh)
Cat wrote: " chairs? (checking the first more than the second, tbh)"
Yes, those are both ok.
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Joop wrote: "Is the very small animal sufficient?
"Yes, that's ok
KmarieD wrote: "Does this show enough of the chair on the cover?"Just about but it is fair to assume it is a chair rather than a sofa or something else, so I am ok with it.
Sorry for the delay, I was out of town today.
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"Just about but it is fair to assume it is a chair rather than a sofa or something else, so I..."
Thanks. I have a physical copy, but the audio cover shows more of the chair. On the physical copy, the picture wraps around the spine.
Robin P wrote: "Joop wrote: "Is the very small animal sufficient?"Yes, that's ok"
Thx!
KmarieD wrote: "Robin P wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "Does this show enough of the chair on the cover?"Just about but it is fair to assume it is a chair rather than a sofa or some..."
Oh great, that's even clearer!
For 4 legged animal, does alligator/crocodile (not a mammal) work?
Susan A wrote: "For 4 legged animal, does alligator/crocodile (not a mammal) work?"I hadn't thought of it but it fits, I didn't say only mammals. It took me a while to see the animal in the design!
Robin P wrote: "Susan A wrote: "For 4 legged animal, does alligator/crocodile (not a mammal) work?"I hadn't thought of it but it fits, I didn't say only mammals. It to..."
Thank you.
Does a horse's tail work? It's a four legged mammal, but it doesn't have a bony tail like a cat or dog...?
Is this acceptable for a tail on the cover?
For option 2, would you allow a deck chair?i.e.
C wrote: "Does a horse's tail work? It's a four legged mammal, but it doesn't have a bony tail like a cat or dog...?"Horse's tail is fine, sorry for not seeing this earlier!
Angela wrote: "Is this acceptable for a tail on the cover? "I do see part of the tail at the edge, so it's ok.
Aimee wrote: "For option 2, would you allow a deck chair?i.e.
"A deck chair is fine, there's a similar one in Message 14
Robin P wrote: "Aimee wrote: "For option 2, would you allow a deck chair?i.e.
"A deck chair is fine, there's a similar one in Message 14"
Ah sorry, I didn't spot that message, Thanks for confirming :)
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show enough of the chair?
Kim wrote: "Does show enough of the chair?"Oh, tricky but there's nothing else that could be so it is ok.
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show enough of the chair?"Oh, tricky but there's nothing else that could be so it is ok."
Thanks!
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When I was young, some games were common at kids’ birthday parties. Pick Option 1, 2, or 3 and read a Book A and a Book B from that option.
Option 1: Pin the Tail on the Donkey (Blindfolded children try to attach the tail to a picture on the wall. The person who is closest is the winner.)
Book A: Read a book with a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover (no birds or fish and must be a real world animal, not mythical). There must be enough of the tail to be recognizable.
Required: Post the cover
Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in DONKEY TAIL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Option 2: Musical Chairs (Children walk around the chairs while music plays and when it stops, they sit down, but there is always one chair fewer than child, so someone is out. Each time one more chair is taken away and the winner is the last one sitting.)
Book A: Read a book with a chair on the cover. For this task a chair is defined as a seat for one person that has a seat & a back
Required: Post the cover
Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in MUSICAL CHAIRS. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Option 3. Fruit Basket (One person is “It” and whispers the name of a fruit to each child sitting in a circle. Then “It” says names of 2 or more fruits and those children have to change places, while “It” tries to take one of their seats. Whoever doesn’t get a seat is “It” next. “It” can also say “Fruit Basket Upset”, which means everyone must change places.)
Book A: Read a book with a piece of fruit on the cover.
Required: Post the cover
Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in FRUIT BASKET. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.