Children's Literature Study Guide

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Pippi Longstocking 9 The Wind in the Willows 9 Pinocchio 8 Heidi 8 Beatrix Potter 8

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Must-Know (5)

Pippi Longstocking 9x 25.0% stumper $800 avg J:5 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 1992 In Sweden, this oddly dressed little girl is called Pippi Langstrump

J $600 2017 Here's an illustration of this title girl and her pet monkey, Mr. Nilsson

J $1,000 2024 In Chapter 1 of her first adventure, this character "Moves into Villa Villekulla"

The Wind in the Willows 9x 11.1% stumper $444 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $100 1995 Kenneth Grahame considered calling this 1908 classic "The Wind in the Reeds"

J $500 1999 This Kenneth Grahame novel began as a series of bedtime tales told to his son starting in 1904

J $200 1990 "Toad of Toad Hall" is A.A. Milne's dramatization of this Kenneth Grahame classic

Pinocchio 8x 14.3% stumper $1,014 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1996 Geppetto named him after a family he knew that turned out well

DJ $3,000 DD 2016 In an 1883 book the talking insect tells him, "Woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home"

FJ 2011 In the original 1883 work, this title character kills a talking cricket, has his feet burned off & nearly starves

Heidi 8x $300 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1999 This 5-year-old orphan from the Swiss Alps is also called Adelheid

DJ $800 1993 Peter the goatherd & this title character help Clara Sesemann learn how to walk

FJ 2011 This classic book begins, "The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range"

Beatrix Potter 8x 42.9% stumper $957 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1987 Squirrel Nutkin can get his tail bitten off in "Peter Rabbit's Race Game", based on tales by this author

J $500 1995 This author's Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle may be the most famous hedgehog in literature

DJ $1,200 2010 Tom Kitten gets rolled up in dough & is almost baked in a pudding in "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers" by this author

Should-Know (10)

A.A. Milne 5x $300 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1994 He dedicated "Now We Are Six" to Anne Darlington, Christopher Robin's best friend

J $400 2011 Sketches written for Punch became his first novel, "Lovers in London"; Winnie-the-Pooh came 21 years later

DJ $400 1994 3 of the 10 chapters in his "The House at Pooh Corner" concern Tigger who's introduced in the book

Where The Wild Things Are 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1996 An early version of this Maurice Sendak book was called "Where The Wild Horses Are"

DJ $1,000 1987 In best seller by Maurice Sendak, a boy sent to his room goes on a fantastic trip to this untamed place

J $400 2017 This classic by Maurice Sendak was turned into a 1980 opera

The Very Hungry Caterpillar 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:4

J $600 2015 This beloved Eric Carle book begins, "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf"

J $1,000 2011 A ravenous insect larva consumes a ton of food & undergoes metamorphosis in this classic by Eric Carle

J $800 2020 "One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and--pop!--out of the egg came" this title larva

the Little Prince 4x $867 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 1997 This character in a book by Saint-Exupery leaves his tiny planet because of a prideful flower

J $1,000 DD 2023 Though he comes from another world, not from France, this diminutive guy appeared on the 50-franc note for many years

FJ 2022 First published in French in 1943, this book has been called the most translated non-religious work, rendered into more than 300 languages

Rapunzel 4x $950 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1985 Named for the type of lettuce in the witch's garden , we'd climb her hair if she'd let us

DJ $800 2016 Anyone who wanted to enter the tower to see this girl would call, "Let down your hair to me"

DJ $2,000 DD 2013 This heroine was named for the rampion, a leafy vegetable her father stole from the Witch's garden

a mouse 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1988 After the ogre turned himself into one of these, Puss in Boots ate him

J $300 1990 In an E.B. White tale Frederick C. Little's second son looked & acted like one of these

J $300 1985 Kind of creature who was sidekick to Ben Franklin in "Ben and Me"

Beverly Cleary 4x $800 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 2000 The spunky Ramona Quimby first appeared in "Henry Huggins", the first book by this woman

J $800 2024 Among the characters created by this beloved author were Ramona Quimby & Henry Huggins

J $1,000 2002 Popular books by this author include "Ramona the Pest" & "The Mouse and the Motorcycle"

Kenneth Grahame 4x $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2000 His "Wind in the Willows" relates the adventures of Toad, Rat, Mole & Badger

DJ $600 1993 This author of "The Wind in the Willows" was a descendant of Scottish King Robert the Bruce

DJ $2,000 2007 While in his 40s, this Edinburgh-born author wed Elspeth Thomson & wrote "The Wind in the Willows" for their son

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 4x 50.0% stumper $650 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1997 "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" is the tasty sequel to "If You Give a Mouse" this

DJ $800 2021 The Washington Post editorialized that "If You Give a Mouse" this was a criticism of the welfare state

DJ $1,000 DD 2003 "If You Give a Mouse a Muffin" is a follow-up to this 1985 book by Felicia Bond & Laura Joffe Numeroff

Hans Brinker, The Silver Skates 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1995 Gretel Brinker, not her brother Hans, wins these title objects in a race

DJ $600 1989 This book about a Dutch boy was 1st published the year our Civil War ended

J $400 1986 In 1856, M.E.M. Dodge broke the ice with this 1st major American novel about life in another country

Worth Knowing (45)

The Velveteen Rabbit 3 The Little Engine That Could 3 Stuart Little 3 Little Lord Fauntleroy 3 Harriet the Spy 3 Eloise 3 Bambi 3 A Wrinkle in Time 3 The Secret Garden 3 the Gingerbread Man 3 My Friend Flicka 3 Maurice Sendak 3 Winnie-The-Pooh 2 Willy Wonka 2 The Yearling 2 The Borrowers 2 Spot 2 Rumpelstiltskin 2 Raggedy Ann 2 pushmi-pullyu 2 Paul Bunyan 2 Jacob 2 Jack Sprat 2 Henry Winkler 2 Goodnight Moon 2 Geppetto 2 Ferdinand 2 Eric Carle 2 Cinderella 2 Brer Rabbit 2 Black Beauty 2 Amelia Bedelia 2 Aladdin 2 a Heffalump 2 a cow 2 (Sandra) Boynton 2 the Cheshire Cat 2 Simple Simon 2 his mother 2 L. Frank Baum 2 Johanna Spyri 2 Jack 2 Ian Fleming 2 Hansel and Gretel 2 all fall down 2

Children's Literature

42 answers | 133 clues

Should-Know (13)

Hans Christian Andersen 7x $286 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1994 Great Dane who wrote "The Ice Maiden", "The Snow Man" & "The Snow Queen"

J $500 DD 1990 His fairy tales include "The Metal Pig", "Aunty Toothache", "The Rags" & "The Fir Tree"

J $400 2004 His tales include "The Wild Swans", "The Swan's Nest" & "The Ugly Duckling", which is really about a swan

Tinker Bell 6x $360 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1993 In the first draft of "Peter Pan", this fairy's name was Tippy-Toe

DJ $1,200 2014 In the first draft of "Peter Pan", this little fairy was called Tippytoe

FJ 2018 This winged character from an early 20th century work is so named "because she mends the pots and kettles"

the Cat in the Hat 6x $460 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2012 Sally & her brother were looking out the window on a rainy day when they saw him standing on a doormat

DJ $1,000 DD 2003 This book begins, "The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day"

FJ 1993 The success of this book in 1957 prompted Random House to create its "Beginner Books" series

Charlotte's Web 6x $300 avg J:2 FJ:4

J $300 1997 Cavatica is the last name of the title character of this 1952 E.B. White novel

FJ 2022 The title object of this book "never looked more beautiful... each strand held dozens of bright drops of early morning dew"

FJ 2018 In 2017 the Maine farm & barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale

Thumbelina 5x 40.0% stumper $540 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1989 At the end of Hans Christian Andersen's story, this tiny little girl becomes queen of all the flowers

J $600 2020 Created by Hans Christian Andersen, this tiny girl fends off marriage-minded toads before meeting her one true love

J $400 1985 Hans Christian Andersen created this comely counterpart to Tom Thumb

Snow White 5x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1988 In the Grimm version, the bit of apple is dislodged from her throat when the prince's men shake her coffin

J $500 1984 In one Grimm tale, she's Rose Red's sister

DJ $400 1994 In the Grimms' story, this character is called Sneewittchen

Paddington 5x 20.0% stumper $300 avg J:5

J $200 2023 This bear who first appeared in a 1958 book was part of many people's tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II

J $500 1996 In a 1958 book by Michael Bond, the Brown family discovers this bear's fondness for marmalade

J $200 2016 This bear is named for a train station & arrives in England as a stowaway from South America

Dr. Seuss 5x $240 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1988 It's Theodore Geisel's middle name, as the Cat in the Hat could tell you

J $100 1992 He wrote 4 of the 10 all-time kids' hardcover best sellers, including "Hop on Pop"

J $200 2011 A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham"

the Wizard of Oz 4x $300 avg J:2 FJ:2

J $200 1989 Title character who turned out to be a ventriloquist from Omaha

FJ 2021 A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale"

FJ 2004 This title character's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs

Narnia 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2001 Your cat respects C.S. Lewis for making the great lion Aslan the creator of this fictional land

J $600 2004 "The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis chronicles the last days of this magical land

J $400 1997 C.S. Lewis chronicled this fantasy world in 7 books, beginning with "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe"

Mary Poppins 4x $367 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 1994 In 1982, 48 years after the first book, this magical nanny popped up again "in Cherry Tree Lane"

J $500 1996 While recovering from an illness, P.L. Travers wrote her first stories about this magical British nursemaid

FJ 2015 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

Babar 4x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2019 In a kid lit classic, this elephant becomes king & marries Celeste, who becomes his queen

J $200 1996 Laurent de Brunhoff continued his father's tales about this elephant king

J $300 1986 French children's classic about an elephant who runs away from the jungle to live in Paris

C.S. Lewis 4x $775 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 1996 J.R.R. Tolkien finished "The Lord of the Rings" with this Narnia author's encouragement

DJ $600 1994 He called his second Narnia novel "Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia"

DJ $1,700 DD 1994 "The Last Battle", the last of his Narnia books, won the 1956 Carnegie Medal

Worth Knowing (29)

Peter Pan 3 Paddington Bear 3 Madeline 3 Lewis Carroll 3 Lassie 3 Curious George 3 "Sleeping Beauty" 3 the Brothers Grimm 3 Sleeping Beauty 3 Oscar Wilde 3 the Little Mermaid 2 the Grimm brothers 2 Roald Dahl 2 James and the Giant Peach 2 Hugh Lofting 2 Goody Two-Shoes 2 Frances Hodgson Burnett 2 Dr. Dolittle 2 Dinotopia 2 Bremen 2 Alice in Wonderland 2 the Big Bad Wolf 2 Winnie the Pooh 2 the Mock Turtle 2 Tom Thumb 2 the nightingale 2 Newbery 2 clothes 2 a rat 2

British Literature

6 answers | 20 clues

Should-Know (2)

Treasure Island 5x $280 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1988 Island on which you'd find Ben Gunn marooned

J $200 1998 The frontispiece of this Robert Louis Stevenson book featured a detailed map

J $300 1995 "The Sea Cook" was the working title of this 1881 Robert Louis Stevenson novel

Rudyard Kipling 4x $175 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1997 Of all his works, the "Just So Stories" was reportedly his favorite

J $100 1996 He drew his own illustrations for his "Just So Stories"

DJ $200 1993 "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in his 1894 collection "The Jungle Book"

Worth Knowing (4)

The Jungle Book 3 Laura Ingalls Wilder 3 The Cricket 3 a camel 2

Poetry

3 answers | 8 clues

Should-Know (1)

Robert Louis Stevenson 4x 25.0% stumper $375 avg J:4

J $200 2004 He created Long John Silver

J $800 2004 I can't always see "My Shadow" but I can always read about it in this Scotsman's "A Child's Garden of Verses"

J $100 1996 His "Kidnapped" was first published as a serial in Young Folks magazine

Worth Knowing (2)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin 2 mice 2

Mystery / Thriller

1 answers | 4 clues

Should-Know (1)

the Hardy Boys 4x $250 avg J:4

J $100 2000 These brothers have delved into "The Secret of the Old Mill" & "The Tower Treasure"

J $100 1990 "The Clue of the Hissing Serpent" is one of the many mystery stories about these boys

J $400 2008 Brothers Frank & Joe have been solving mysteries in this series since 1927's "The Tower Treasure"

American Literature

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

Little Men 2

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