The Great Wednesday Compare #5- Margaret Wise Brown VERSUS Philip Roth

The final winner of last week's Great Wednesday Compare (Margaret Wise Brown Vs Cervantes), with a final score of 6-1, was Margaret Wise Brown!

Cervantes, another one of those classic authors I haven't read. I know at some point I'll read Don Quixote but until then, he remains on my shameful omissions list.

By the way, last week I asked if anyone could connect Margaret Wise Brown and Cervantes within 6 degrees of separation. This is what I came up with:

1. Cervantes writes Don Quixote - early 1600s
2. Peter O'Toole stars in Man of La Mancha, which combines the story of Don Quixote with Cervantes' life - 1972
3. Drew Barrymore guest stars on Saturday Night Live in which she performs a sketch with Bill Hader who portrays a rather drunken Peter O'Toole - 2006
4. Drew Barrymore is the granddaughter of silver screen legend of John Barrymore - died 1942
5. John Barrymore divorces Blanche Oelrichs - 1925
6. Blanche Oelrichs and Margaret Wise Brown become involved romantically, eventually moving in together - 1943

And there you have it.

Don't worry, there won't be a test.

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Who is better?

Margaret Wise Brown or Philip Roth