Memorize these and you could recognize 25.4% of all Children's Literature clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pippi Longstocking | 9 | Very strong girl who lives alone in an old house called Villa Villekulla |
| 2 | The Wind in the Willows | 9 | A. A. Milne based his play "Toad of Toad Hall" on this classic by Kenneth Grahame |
| 3 | Pinocchio | 8 | He was carved out of a stick of talking wood found by Master Cherry |
| 4 | Heidi | 8 | Wanting to go about like the goats, she said she didn't want her clothes anymore |
| 5 | Beatrix Potter | 8 | Squirrel Nutkin can get his tail bitten off in "Peter Rabbit's Race Game", based on tales by this author |
| 6 | Tinker Bell | 6 | She drank the poison that Captain Hook had intended for Peter Pan |
| 7 | the Cat in the Hat | 6 | This title feline says, "I know it is wet & the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny!" |
| 8 | Charlotte's Web | 6 | A grey spider keeps Wilbur from ending up as Bacon in this E.B. White story |
| 9 | Hans Christian Andersen | 6 | Great Dane who wrote "The Ice Maiden", "The Snow Man" & "The Snow Queen" |
| 10 | Treasure Island | 5 | Island on which you'd find Ben Gunn marooned |
| 11 | Thumbelina | 5 | In the Hans Christian Andersen tale, she was born inside a tulip-like flower |
| 12 | Snow White | 5 | If she would keep house, cook, make the beds, wash, sew, & knit, the dwarfs would let her stay |
| 13 | Paddington | 5 | He was found wearing a tag that said, "Please look after this bear. Thank you" |
| 14 | Dr. Seuss | 5 | He wrote 4 of the 10 all-time kids' hardcover best sellers, including "Hop on Pop" |
| 15 | A.A. Milne | 5 | He dedicated "Now We Are Six" to Anne Darlington, Christopher Robin's best friend |
| 16 | Where The Wild Things Are | 4 | In best seller by Maurice Sendak, a boy sent to his room goes on a fantastic trip to this untamed place |
| 17 | the Wizard of Oz | 4 | Title character who turned out to be a ventriloquist from Omaha |
| 18 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 4 | In this Eric Carle classic, the title character eats watermelon, sausage, pie & a cupcake (& gets a tummy ache) |
| 19 | the Little Prince | 4 | This character created by Antoine de Saint-Exupery came to Earth from an asteroid |
| 20 | the Hardy Boys | 4 | Their chubby chum Chet Morton often went along with them to follow up clues |
| 21 | Rapunzel | 4 | Named for the type of lettuce in the witch's garden , we'd climb her hair if she'd let us |
| 22 | Narnia | 4 | C.S. Lewis chronicled this fantasy world in 7 books, beginning with "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe" |
| 23 | Mary Poppins | 4 | In 1982, 48 years after the first book, this magical nanny popped up again "in Cherry Tree Lane" |
| 24 | Babar | 4 | French children's classic about an elephant who runs away from the jungle to live in Paris |
| 25 | a mouse | 4 | After the ogre turned himself into one of these, Puss in Boots ate him |
| 26 | Rudyard Kipling | 4 | He began writing his "Just So Stories" to amuse his daughter Josephine |
| 27 | Kenneth Grahame | 4 | This author of "The Wind in the Willows" was a descendant of Scottish King Robert the Bruce |
| 28 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | 4 | "If You Give a Mouse a Muffin" is a follow-up to this 1985 book by Felicia Bond & Laura Joffe Numeroff |
| 29 | The Velveteen Rabbit | 3 | Margery Williams' story of a toy brought to life by love; it's a hare-raising tale |
| 30 | The Little Engine That Could | 3 | In this book, a small train hauling toys chugs up a hill, puffing, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" |
| 31 | The Jungle Book | 3 | This 1894 collection begins with the story "Mowgli's Brothers" |
| 32 | Stuart Little | 3 | Garth Williams illustrated this title character seen here |
| 33 | Robert Louis Stevenson | 3 | In 1890, a year after his "The Master of Ballantrae" was published, he settled in Samoa |
| 34 | Peter Pan | 3 | In this work, James M. Barrie based Nana partly upon his wife's St. Bernard, Porthos |
| 35 | Paddington Bear | 3 | Mr. & Mrs, Brown adopted this bear, named for the Railway station where they met him |
| 36 | Madeline | 3 | Title character among Ludwig Bemelmans' "twelve little girls in two straight lines" |
| 37 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | 3 | This pampered "Little Lord" had beautiful curls & wore a lace collar |
| 38 | Lewis Carroll | 3 | This author considered calling one of his books "Alice's Doings in Elf-Land" |
| 39 | Laura Ingalls Wilder | 3 | She didn't start writing her "Little House" novels until she was in her 60s |
| 40 | Lassie | 3 | Eric Knight died while serving in WWII, just 4 years after writing the story of this collie |
| 41 | Harriet the Spy | 3 | This Louise Fitzhugh classic about a young female snoop was made into a 1996 movie |
| 42 | Eloise | 3 | The story in which she "takes a bawth" at the Plaza was written in the 1960s but wasn't published until 2002 |
| 43 | Curious George | 3 | In 1991 this inquisitive monkey in books by H.A. Rey celebrated his 50th birthday |
| 44 | C.S. Lewis | 3 | He called his second Narnia novel "Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia" |
| 45 | Beverly Cleary | 3 | She's famous for her books about Ramona Quimby, as well as "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" |
| 46 | Bambi | 3 | Alger Hiss accuser Whittaker Chambers translated this Felix Salten work about deer into English |
| 47 | A Wrinkle in Time | 3 | In this Madeleine L'Engle story, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which help Meg travel through space & save her father |
| 48 | "Sleeping Beauty" | 3 | Robin McKinley's "Spindle's End" is a retelling of this fairy tale |
| 49 | Sleeping Beauty | 3 | The heroine of this fairy tale is sometimes known as Briar Rose |
| 50 | Maurice Sendak | 3 | This author's "In the Night Kitchen" was based on his own memories of New York as a child |