Memorize these and recognize 21.1% of all Children's Literature clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pippi Longstocking | 9 | Introduced in 1945, she claimed to have the middle names Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter |
| 2 | Pinocchio | 9 | Geppetto carved him from a piece of talking wood |
| 3 | The Wind in the Willows | 9 | 1908 novel in which you'd find Mole visiting Water Rat |
| 4 | Heidi | 8 | This classic book begins, "The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range" |
| 5 | Beatrix Potter | 8 | She wrote about & illustrated a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher & a hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle |
| 6 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 7 | A ravenous insect larva consumes a ton of food & undergoes metamorphosis in this classic by Eric Carle |
| 7 | Tinker Bell | 6 | This winged character from an early 20th century work is so named "because she mends the pots and kettles" |
| 8 | the Cat in the Hat | 6 | Sally & her brother were looking out the window on a rainy day when they saw him standing on a doormat |
| 9 | Charlotte's Web | 6 | The title object of this book "never looked more beautiful... each strand held dozens of bright drops of early morning dew" |
| 10 | Snow White | 6 | In one Grimm tale, she's Rose Red's sister |
| 11 | Hans Christian Andersen | 6 | Great Dane who wrote "The Ice Maiden", "The Snow Man" & "The Snow Queen" |
| 12 | Treasure Island | 5 | Jim Hawkins, the Hispaniola's cabin boy, narrates this Robert Louis Stevenson tale |
| 13 | Thumbelina | 5 | Created by Hans Christian Andersen, this tiny girl fends off marriage-minded toads before meeting her one true love |
| 14 | Paddington | 5 | This bear who first appeared in a 1958 book was part of many people's tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II |
| 15 | Dr. Seuss | 5 | 2 of his many books are "The Foot Book" & "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" |
| 16 | A.A. Milne | 5 | Sketches written for Punch became his first novel, "Lovers in London"; Winnie-the-Pooh came 21 years later |
| 17 | Where The Wild Things Are | 4 | An early version of this Maurice Sendak book was called "Where The Wild Horses Are" |
| 18 | the Wizard of Oz | 4 | This title character's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs |
| 19 | the Little Prince | 4 | Though he comes from another world, not from France, this diminutive guy appeared on the 50-franc note for many years |
| 20 | the Hardy Boys | 4 | "The Clue of the Hissing Serpent" is one of the many mystery stories about these boys |
| 21 | Rapunzel | 4 | A wicked witch & a handsome prince both used her long braided hair to climb up a high tower to visit her |
| 22 | Narnia | 4 | "The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis chronicles the last days of this magical land |
| 23 | Mary Poppins | 4 | As she arrived at the house of her new employer, "the wind seemed to catch her up into the air and fling her" at the door |
| 24 | Curious George | 4 | In an oft-cited example of false memory, many folks firmly but wrongly remember this inquisitive monkey as having a tail |
| 25 | croquet | 4 | When Alice plays this game, live flamingoes serve as mallets and hedgehogs as the balls. |
| 26 | Babar | 4 | In a kid lit classic, this elephant becomes king & marries Celeste, who becomes his queen |
| 27 | a mouse | 4 | In Robert Lawson's "Ben and Me", Ben is Benjamin Franklin & Me is Amos, one of these creatures who lives in Ben's cap |
| 28 | the White Rabbit | 4 | He orders Alice, "Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick now!" |
| 29 | Sleeping Beauty | 4 | Perrault's version of this fairy story was published in 1696 as "La Belle au Bois Dormant" |
| 30 | Rudyard Kipling | 4 | "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in his 1894 collection "The Jungle Book" |
| 31 | Kenneth Grahame | 4 | This author of "The Wind in the Willows" was a descendant of Scottish King Robert the Bruce |
| 32 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | 4 | "If You Give a" child this 1985 Laura Numeroff book, he's liable to ask for another |
| 33 | Tweedledum & Tweedledee | 3 | These roly-poly twins danced with Alice until they were out of breath |
| 34 | The Velveteen Rabbit | 3 | Jennifer Greenway's "A Real Little Bunny" is a sequel to this Margery Williams classic |
| 35 | the Mad Hatter | 3 | John Tenniel's drawings of him may be based on Theophilus Carter, a furniture dealer who wore a top hat |
| 36 | The Little Engine That Could | 3 | I think I can, I think I can, get you to give me this 5-word title of a Watty Piper kids' book with a never-give-up message |
| 37 | The Jungle Book | 3 | "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in this 1894 collection |
| 38 | Stuart Little | 3 | As the word "born" in the first sentence of this book creeped people out, E.B. White changed it to "arrived" |
| 39 | Robert Louis Stevenson | 3 | I can't always see "My Shadow" but I can always read about it in this Scotsman's "A Child's Garden of Verses" |
| 40 | Peter Pan | 3 | For this story James M. Barrie took the name Never Land from a district in Australia |
| 41 | Paddington Bear | 3 | Memories of refugees in British train stations before & after WWII helped inspire the creation of this character |
| 42 | Old Mother Hubbard | 3 | Finding no bone in the cupboard, she buys her dog some bread, tripe & beer |
| 43 | Madeline | 3 | This title character was inspired by a girl who'd had her appendix out in a French hospital run by nuns |
| 44 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | 3 | Mary Pickford played Cedric Errol in a 1921 silent film of this Frances Hodgson Burnett book |
| 45 | Lewis Carroll | 3 | Author whose most famous books were inspired by the person seen here: |
| 46 | Laura Ingalls Wilder | 3 | The Ingalls family moves to Minnesota in her book "On the Banks of Plum Creek" |
| 47 | Lassie | 3 | The story of this beloved collie was published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1938 |
| 48 | Harriet the Spy | 3 | This Louise Fitzhugh classic about a young female snoop was made into a 1996 movie |
| 49 | green eggs and ham | 3 | A character known as Sam-I-Am is the persistent purveyor of this title paired offering |
| 50 | Eloise | 3 | In a kids' book, this Plaza dweller "takes a bawth" |
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