Bud, Not Buddy: Criss Cross

After reading Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, use this printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle. All clues relate to the content of the story.
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Check Puzzle

Across

  • 1. Bud tries to hop a train with his friend _____.
  • 2. Bud thinks Miss _____ is the most beautiful woman in the world.
  • 4. What attacks Bud when he was locked in the shed?
  • 6. Mr. Lewis joked that Bud’s head is shaped like a _____.
  • 7. Bud thinks his fathers name is Herman E. _____.
  • 8. Bud has a picture of his Mama sitting on a small _____.
  • 10. _____ Lewis finds Bud on the side of the road at 2
  • 11. His name is Bud, not _____.
  • 12. The first restaurant Bud ever eats in is called Sweet _____.
  • 14. Mr. Lewis sends a _____ to Bud’s dad to let him know Bud is okay.

Down

  • 1. What does Mr. Lewis have in his car that makes Bud think he was a vampire?
  • 3. Bud always asks adults not to open his _____.
  • 5. The band gives Bud the nickname of _____ LaBone.
  • 9. Bud’s father turns out to be his _____.
  • 13. What does Todd stick up Bud’s nose?

Word Bank

buddy
pencil
wasps
horse
suitcase
bugs
30 in the morning. :lefty
blood
peanut
calloway
telegram
pea
thomas
sleepy
grandfather