| In an oft-cited example of false memory, many folks firmly but wrongly remember this inquisitive monkey as having a tail |
Curious George |
200 |
October 24, 2022 |
| "Sometimes You Have to Lie" is a 2020 biography of Louise Fitzhugh, creator of this 11-year-old spy |
Harriet (the Spy) |
400 |
October 24, 2022 |
| In this 1930 book with the refrain "I think I can", the protagonist is female & the unhelpful other locomotives are guys |
<i>The Little Engine That Could</i> |
600 |
October 24, 2022 |
| The collaborations of writer Jon Scieszka & illustrator Lane Smith include the 1992 tale of this odoriferous man |
the Stinky Cheese Man |
800 |
October 24, 2022 |
| In a Mo Willems tale, the first words little Trixie says are the name of this stuffed rabbit she lost & found |
Knuffle Bunny |
1000 |
October 24, 2022 |
| In a book by Beverly Cleary, Socks is this pet, suddenly having to share the house with a new baby |
a cat |
200 |
November 5, 2020 |
| A tiny one of these dinosaurs has a big problem: an impossible hug, because of his short arms! |
a Tyrannosaurus |
400 |
November 5, 2020 |
| This bedtime classic is set in "the great green room" |
<i>Goodnight Moon</i> |
600 |
November 5, 2020 |
| "One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and--pop!--out of the egg came" this title larva |
the very hungry caterpillar |
800 |
November 5, 2020 |
| She wrote about & illustrated a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher & a hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle |
Beatrix Potter |
|
November 5, 2020 |
| A character known as Sam-I-Am is the persistent purveyor of this title paired offering |
green eggs and ham |
200 |
January 26, 2017 |
| This classic by Maurice Sendak was turned into a 1980 opera |
<i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> |
400 |
January 26, 2017 |
| Here's an illustration of this title girl and her pet monkey, Mr. Nilsson |
Pippi Longstocking |
600 |
January 26, 2017 |
| A book by Virginia Lee Burton is titled "Mike Mulligan and" this large construction tool |
a steam shovel |
800 |
January 26, 2017 |
| During WWII the Pevensie children are evacuated from London to an old professor's country estate in this 1950 book |
<i>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i> |
1000 |
January 26, 2017 |
| This bear is named for a train station & arrives in England as a stowaway from South America |
Paddington |
200 |
March 1, 2016 |
| In a work by Crockett Johnson, he draws his own world with his purple crayon |
Harold |
400 |
March 1, 2016 |
| "If You Give a" child this 1985 Laura Numeroff book, he's liable to ask for another |
<i>If You Give a Mouse a Cookie</i> |
600 |
March 1, 2016 |
| In 1888, before his imprisonment, this playwright published "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" for children |
Oscar Wilde |
800 |
March 1, 2016 |
| Matchboxes make good dressers for the tiny Clock family in this 1952 story by Mary Norton |
<i>The Borrowers</i> |
1000 |
March 1, 2016 |
| Sally & her brother were looking out the window on a rainy day when they saw him standing on a doormat |
the Cat in the Hat |
200 |
December 17, 2012 |
| "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in this 1894 collection |
<i>The Jungle Book</i> |
400 |
December 17, 2012 |
| Bugs Meany is often the villain in the stories about this young detective who was introduced in 1963 |
Encyclopedia Brown |
600 |
December 17, 2012 |
| This Hans Christian Andersen maiden was born in a tulip; a polished walnut shell served as her cradle |
Thumbelina |
800 |
December 17, 2012 |
| This mouse created by Lucy Cousins for preschoolers has such friends as Cyril the Squirrel & Eddie the Elephant |
Maisy the Mouse |
1000 |
December 17, 2012 |
| A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham" |
Dr. Seuss |
200 |
January 17, 2011 |
| Sketches written for Punch became his first novel, "Lovers in London"; Winnie-the-Pooh came 21 years later |
(A.A.) Milne |
400 |
January 17, 2011 |
| An out-of-control dog meets his match in John Grogan's him "and the Kittens" |
<i>Marley</i> |
600 |
January 17, 2011 |
| David McKee's stories of this patchwork elephant subtly convey the message that it's OK to be different |
Elmer |
800 |
January 17, 2011 |
| As well as kids' books, this 19th century author wrote "Examples in Arithmetic" & other math textbooks |
Lewis Carroll |
1000 |
January 17, 2011 |
| "I Think I Can" is a lesson & a quote from this 1945 story |
"The Little Engine That Could" |
100 |
September 5, 2000 |
| Thing One & Thing Two are characters in this 1957 Seuss classic |
"The Cat in the Hat" |
200 |
September 5, 2000 |
| A young rabbit gets ready for bed in this classic by Margaret Wise Brown |
"Goodnight Moon" |
300 |
September 5, 2000 |
| He's the puppy seen here |
Spot |
400 |
September 5, 2000 |
| In this Natalie Babbitt book, the Tuck family tries to convince Winnie that living forever is a curse |
"Tuck Everlasting" |
500 |
September 5, 2000 |
| In a folktale, this yummy "man" runs away after he is baked & is later eaten by a sly fox |
Gingerbread Man |
100 |
May 27, 1999 |
| In this Hans Christian Andersen story, a child observes, "He has got nothing on at all!" |
"The Emperor\'s New Clothes" |
200 |
May 27, 1999 |
| He's the character described in the audiobook heard here(He liked to sit just quietly & smell the flowers) |
Ferdinand the Bull |
300 |
May 27, 1999 |
| Ichabod Crane & Brom Bones are rivals for the affections of Katrina Van Tassel in this story |
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
400 |
May 27, 1999 |
| In a 1970 Judy Blume book, this title character asked, "Are you there God?" |
Margaret |
500 |
May 27, 1999 |
| This 5-year-old orphan from the Swiss Alps is also called Adelheid |
Heidi |
100 |
February 2, 1999 |
| Dorothy's pal in "The Wizard of Oz" who wiped his eyes with his tail so often that "it became quite wet" |
the Cowardly Lion |
200 |
February 2, 1999 |
| The first character Alice meets in Wonderland, he wears a waistcoat & a pocket watch |
the White Rabbit |
300 |
February 2, 1999 |
| Jim Hawkins, the Hispaniola's cabin boy, narrates this Robert Louis Stevenson tale |
<i>Treasure Island</i> |
400 |
February 2, 1999 |
| This Kenneth Grahame novel began as a series of bedtime tales told to his son starting in 1904 |
<i>The Wind in the Willows</i> |
500 |
February 2, 1999 |
| Audrey Wood & David Shannon's new book about this great big logger introduces his wife & kids |
Paul Bunyan |
100 |
September 9, 1997 |
| Stan & Jan Berenstain have written a series of books about a family of these title animals |
"The Berenstain Bears" |
200 |
September 9, 1997 |
| Cavatica is the last name of the title character of this 1952 E.B. White novel |
"Charlotte\'s Web" |
300 |
September 9, 1997 |
| This character in a book by Saint-Exupery leaves his tiny planet because of a prideful flower |
The Little Prince |
400 |
September 9, 1997 |
| The cut-paper illustrations of "Golem" earned David Wisniewski this medal in 1997 |
the Caldecott Medal |
500 |
September 9, 1997 |
| Geppetto named him after a family he knew that turned out well |
Pinocchio |
100 |
October 10, 1996 |
| In a Kipling "Just So" story, the animal that "said 'Humph!' just 'Humph!' and no more" |
camel |
200 |
October 10, 1996 |
| The one that belonged to Colin Craven's mother is the "Secret" one in the title |
garden |
300 |
October 10, 1996 |
| J.R.R. Tolkien finished "The Lord of the Rings" with this Narnia author's encouragement |
C.S. Lewis |
400 |
October 10, 1996 |
| In "Charlotte's Web", Templeton is this kind of animal |
rat |
500 |
October 10, 1996 |
| Tolkien called these creatures "A little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves" |
Hobbits |
100 |
September 30, 1996 |
| Laurent de Brunhoff continued his father's tales about this elephant king |
Babar |
200 |
September 30, 1996 |
| Pal, a male collie, played the lead in the 1943 movie version of this Eric Knight novel |
<i>Lassie Come Home</i> |
300 |
September 30, 1996 |
| In a Grimm tale, a group of aging animals set out for this town to become musicians |
Bremen |
400 |
September 30, 1996 |
| While recovering from an illness, P.L. Travers wrote her first stories about this magical British nursemaid |
Mary Poppins |
500 |
September 30, 1996 |
| He drew his own illustrations for his "Just So Stories" |
Rudyard Kipling |
100 |
July 19, 1996 |
| "The Frog Prince" & "Hans in Luck" were 2 of the tales they gathered in "Kinder- und Hausmarchen" |
the Brothers Grimm |
200 |
July 19, 1996 |
| When she's 8 years old, this Johanna Spyri heroine is taken from the mountains by Dete |
Heidi |
300 |
July 19, 1996 |
| Margery Two-Shoes is another name of the title character of this John Newbery story |
Goody Two-Shoes |
400 |
July 19, 1996 |
| In a 1958 book by Michael Bond, the Brown family discovers this bear's fondness for marmalade |
Paddington |
500 |
July 19, 1996 |
| His "Kidnapped" was first published as a serial in Young Folks magazine |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
100 |
March 25, 1996 |
| This story was first chronicled by Perrault as "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" |
"Little Red Riding Hood" |
200 |
March 25, 1996 |
| He dedicated "Now We Are Six" to Christopher Robin's best friend, Anne Darlington |
A.A. Milne |
300 |
March 25, 1996 |
| This Mary Mapes Dodge novel contains the story of a boy who thrust his finger into a hole in a dike |
<i>Hans Brinker</i> |
400 |
March 25, 1996 |
| "Green Grass of Wyoming" was the 2nd sequel to this novel about Ken McLaughlin & his half-wild filly |
<i>My Friend Flicka</i> |
500 |
March 25, 1996 |
| For this story James M. Barrie took the name Never Land from a district in Australia |
<i>Peter Pan</i> |
100 |
February 16, 1996 |
| Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" appears in this sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" |
<i>Through the Looking-Glass</i> |
200 |
February 16, 1996 |
| An inventor, Commander Caractacus Pott, owns this magical car created by Ian Fleming |
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang |
300 |
February 16, 1996 |
| Mary Mapes Dodge wrote a novel about this title character without ever visiting Holland |
Hans Brinker |
400 |
February 16, 1996 |
| This story, called "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" in French, was first published in English in 1729 |
<i>Little Red Riding Hood</i> |
500 |
February 16, 1996 |
| In "The Brass Bottle", Horace Ventimore buys an antique brass bottle that contains one of these beings |
a genie |
100 |
January 15, 1996 |
| Not only could this nursery rhyme character "eat no fat", he had a cat with only one hair |
Jack Sprat |
200 |
January 15, 1996 |
| Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew Cubbins finds that every time he removes one of these, another appears |
hats |
300 |
January 15, 1996 |
| A series of dreams he had about lions helped inspire his Narnia books |
C.S. Lewis |
400 |
January 15, 1996 |
| She was an invalid during the years it took her to write "Black Beauty" |
Anna Sewell |
500 |
January 15, 1996 |
| This book's title was originally followed by "and Mr. McGregor's Garden" |
<i>Peter Rabbit</i> |
100 |
March 14, 1994 |
| This bull would rather smell flowers than fight |
Ferdinand |
200 |
March 14, 1994 |
| We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him!" this Dr. Seuss character |
The Cat in the Hat |
300 |
March 14, 1994 |
| In this 1908 novel, Rat, Toad & Badger reside on the banks of an English river |
<i>The Wind in the Willows</i> |
400 |
March 14, 1994 |
| The ALA awards this medal annually for the most distinguished children's picture book |
the Caldecott Award |
500 |
March 14, 1994 |
| He dedicated "The Prince and the Pauper" to his daughters Susie & Clara |
Mark Twain |
100 |
February 16, 1993 |
| When Wilbur the pig meets her, she's hanging from her home waving one of her 8 legs at him |
Charlotte |
200 |
February 16, 1993 |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery called her 1909 sequel to "Anne of Green Gables" "Anne of" this place |
Avonlea |
300 |
February 16, 1993 |
| Englishwoman who based Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle on her own pet hedgehog who drank from a doll's teacup |
Beatrix Potter |
400 |
February 16, 1993 |
| He emigrated to England after his aunt Lucy moved to the Home for Retired Bears in Lima |
Paddington |
500 |
February 16, 1993 |
| "Jim Smiley and His Frog" was the original title of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of" this place |
Calaveras County |
100 |
November 9, 1992 |
| The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book |
<i>The Wind in the Willows</i> |
200 |
November 9, 1992 |
| In this work, James M. Barrie based Nana partly upon his wife's St. Bernard, Porthos |
<i>Peter Pan</i> |
300 |
November 9, 1992 |
| In "Rumplestiltskin", it's the trade of the man whose daughter must spin straw into gold |
Miller |
400 |
November 9, 1992 |
| In an interview, Dr. Seuss said he modeled this domineering reptile on Adolf Hitler |
Yertle the Turtle |
500 |
November 9, 1992 |
| Before Dorothy & friends entered here, they were given green spectacles to wear for protection |
the Emerald City |
100 |
February 5, 1991 |
| Ludwig Bemelmans' "Madeline" attends a boarding school in this city |
Paris |
200 |
February 5, 1991 |
| Munro Leaf's bull who'd rather smell the flowers than fight |
Ferdinand |
300 |
February 5, 1991 |
| You might say he wrote the book on nonsense, since he's the author of "The Book of Nonsense" |
Edward Lear |
500 |
February 5, 1991 |
| Margery Williams story of a toy brought to life by love; it's a hare-raising tale |
The Velveteen Rabbit |
|
February 5, 1991 |
| She didn't start writing her "Little House" novels until she was in her 60s |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
100 |
September 3, 1990 |
| This pampered "Little Lord" had beautiful curls & wore a lace collar |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
200 |
September 3, 1990 |
| Of Nancy Drew's chums Ned, Bess & George, the one who isn't a girl |
Ned |
300 |
September 3, 1990 |
| She drank the poison that Captain Hook had intended for Peter Pan |
Tinker Bell |
100 |
June 22, 1990 |
| In a Kipling story, the camel got his hump by being lazy & making this contemptuous sound |
humph |
200 |
June 22, 1990 |
| A donkey, a hound, a cat & a cock are these title characters in a Grimm's fairy tale |
<i>Bremen Town Musicians</i> |
300 |
June 22, 1990 |
| Chee-Chee the monkey told Dr. Dolittle this was "the rarest animal of the African jungle" |
pushmi-pullyu |
400 |
June 22, 1990 |
| Under the name Victor Appleton, Edward Stratemeyer created the adventures of this inventive boy |
Tom Swift |
500 |
June 22, 1990 |
| He wrote "The Snow Man", "The Snowdrop", "The Ice Maiden" & "The Snow Queen" |
Hans Christian Andersen |
100 |
May 16, 1990 |
| "...Nearly every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on" |
Lassie |
200 |
May 16, 1990 |
| He wrote 14 books about Oz, & some short stories too |
L. Frank Baum |
300 |
May 16, 1990 |
| The Big Billy Goat Gruff poked this character's eyes out with his horns & crushed him to bits |
The Troll |
400 |
May 16, 1990 |
| In "The Sword in the Stone", Kay calls this main character "The Wart" |
King Arthur |
500 |
May 16, 1990 |
| Eric Knight died while serving in WWII, just 4 years after writing the story of this collie |
Lassie |
100 |
March 23, 1990 |
| Name shared by the 3 billy goats who met up with the wicked old troll |
Gruff |
200 |
March 23, 1990 |
| His stories include "Brer Mink Holds His Breath" & "Brer Buzzard & The Tombstone" |
Uncle Remus (Joel Chandler Harris) |
300 |
March 23, 1990 |
| Willie Wonka owned the world's most famous one |
a chocolate factory |
400 |
March 23, 1990 |
| The profession of Nancy Drew's father |
lawyer |
500 |
March 23, 1990 |
| This Dr. Seuss animal said, "'That is that.' And then he was gone with a tip of his hat." |
The Cat in the Hat |
100 |
February 13, 1990 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "A Child's Garden of" these |
<i>Verses</i> |
200 |
February 13, 1990 |
| He's the author & illustrator of "If Beagles Could Fly" |
Charles Schulz |
300 |
February 13, 1990 |
| In "The Jungle Book" Shere Khan is one of these wild animals |
a tiger |
400 |
February 13, 1990 |
| Walter L. Farley wrote 20 novels about this dark horse |
the Black Stallion |
500 |
February 13, 1990 |
| In Aesop's fables this animal is paired with "the Stork", "the Crow" & "the Grapes" |
a fox |
100 |
December 7, 1989 |
| Title character who turned out to be a ventriloquist from Omaha |
the Wizard of Oz |
200 |
December 7, 1989 |
| Cinderella's footmen used to be lizards & her coachman, a big one of these |
a rat |
300 |
December 7, 1989 |
| When Heidi was at home, he was head of the hut |
her grandfather |
400 |
December 7, 1989 |
| After the cobbler's wife made these for the elves, they quit making shoes |
clothes |
500 |
December 7, 1989 |
| These 7 characters received their names from the Disney studios, not from the Brothers Grimm |
The Seven Dwarfs |
100 |
November 10, 1989 |
| The Pied Piper was hired by Hamelin to rid the town of these pests |
Rats |
200 |
November 10, 1989 |
| This author was born in a slum in Odense, Denmark on April 2, 1805 |
Hans Christian Andersen |
300 |
November 10, 1989 |
| In this tale, the heroine is named for the rampion her father stole from the witch's garden |
Rapunzel |
400 |
November 10, 1989 |
| She wrote 6 sequels to "Anne of Green Gables", but her adult fiction never sold well |
Lucy Maud Montgomery |
500 |
November 10, 1989 |
| In this fairy tale, the last words spoken by one of the 3 animal characters were, "And here she is" |
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
100 |
June 14, 1988 |
| "Tunnel in the Sky" & "A Wrinkle in Time" are 2 novels for children written in this genre |
science fiction |
200 |
June 14, 1988 |
| Title adjective describing the wilderness "journey" of 2 dogs & a cat to find the humans they love |
Incredible |
300 |
June 14, 1988 |
| Winnie-the-Pooh's real name |
Edward Bear |
400 |
June 14, 1988 |
| Of the 4 Bremen Town Musicians, it's the only 2-legged animal |
rooster (cock) |
500 |
June 14, 1988 |
| Island on which you'd find Ben Gunn marooned |
<i>Treasure Island</i> |
100 |
April 19, 1988 |
| Wanting to go about like the goats, she said she didn't want her clothes anymore |
Heidi |
100 |
February 3, 1988 |
| The mother duck thought her ugly duckling was a real turkey but in actuality it was this |
swan |
200 |
February 3, 1988 |
| Animals transformed into horses to pull Cinderella's pumpkin coach |
mice |
300 |
February 3, 1988 |
| Question asked about the location of Peter Piper's production output |
Where\'s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? |
500 |
February 3, 1988 |
| Little girl who called "Sunnybrook Farm" home |
Rebecca |
100 |
December 14, 1984 |
| Hans Brinker's were silver |
ice skates |
200 |
December 14, 1984 |
| As it called, it chanted, "I think I can, I think I can" |
The Little Engine |
300 |
December 14, 1984 |
| Enid Bagnold's book that became Liz Taylor's 1st starring vehicle |
<i>National Velvet</i> |
400 |
December 14, 1984 |
| "Treasure island's" peg-legged pirate |
Long John Silver |
100 |
November 6, 1984 |
| After winning by a "hare", he said, "Slow but sure wins the race" |
the tortoise |
200 |
November 6, 1984 |
| Aesop character that won by a "hare" |
turtle (or tortoise) |
100 |
September 18, 1984 |
| Crusoe named him for the day they met |
Friday |
200 |
September 18, 1984 |
| They called Robin Hood's companion this, though he was over 7' tall |
Little John |
300 |
September 18, 1984 |
| Gulliver's tiny people |
the Lilliputians |
400 |
September 18, 1984 |
| In one Grimm tale, she's Rose Red's sister |
Snow White |
500 |
September 18, 1984 |