1. The Adventures of Pinocchio is a book written by Carlo Collodi.
2. The nearest planet to Earth is Venus.
3. The capital of the USA is Washington DC.
4. The small bear living in Australia is "koala".
5. The animal with a pocket is the "kangaroo".
6. The title of the book written by Jonathan Swift is "Gulliver's Travels".
7. All the Mawgli stories are written by Rudyard Kipling.
8. The kind of stories ending in a proverb are the "fables"
9. An "encyclopedia" is a book comprising information from all branches of knowledge.