| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Besides her cat, a witch ends up giving a ride to a dog, a bird & a frog in the rhymingly titled "Room on the..." Broom |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: In "Ghost Boys" the ghost of 12-year-old Jerome meets that of this real teen whose 1955 murder helped launch the civil rights movement (Emmett) Till |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: As well as kids' books, this 19th century author wrote "Examples in Arithmetic" & other math textbooks (Lewis) Carroll |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1,600 (Daily Double): An out-of-control dog meets his match in John Grogan's him "and the Kittens" Marley |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In an oft-cited example of false memory, many folks firmly but wrongly remember this inquisitive monkey as having a tail Curious George |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In this 1930 book with the refrain "I think I can", the protagonist is female & the unhelpful other locomotives are guys The Little Engine That Could |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: In a Mo Willems tale, the first words little Trixie says are the name of this stuffed rabbit she lost & found Knuffle Bunny |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | 1930s LITERATURE $400: In a classic story for children, this title bull ignores the matador & enjoys smelling flowers Ferdinand |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1600: The "World's Greatest Detective", this kid, rhymingly "the Great", solves all sorts of crimes, often in a deerstalker cap Nate (Nate the Great) |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $2000: A children's literature prize first given in 2003 is named for this Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking (Astrid) Lindgren |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In a book by Beverly Cleary, Socks is this pet, suddenly having to share the house with a new baby a cat |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: This bedtime classic is set in "the great green room" Goodnight Moon |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: 4 Chinese women meet regularly to play Mah-jongg & to talk about life & their children in this 1989 Amy Tan novel The Joy Luck Club |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | 'TIS IRISH LITERATURE $800: In the satiric 1729 "A Modest Proposal", this author suggested dining on poor Irish children to control poverty Jonathan Swift |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: During WWII the Pevensie children are evacuated from London to an old professor's country estate in this 1950 book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Juliana Mazza with 22 News.) Many beloved characters from children's literature are features in a Springfield sculpture garden dedicated to Dr. Seuss, the pen name of this man (Theodor) Geisel |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: This classic is subtitled "The Tale of a Puppet" Pinocchio |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: His "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" begins when he wakes up with gum in his hair Alexander |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: The man in this identifying piece of headwear brings Curious George over from Africa the yellow hat |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: The title of this Frances Hodgson Burnett book refers to Sara Crewe, who goes from privileged to pauper A Little Princess (The Little Princess accepted) |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: She is "exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf... through which her figure could be seen to the best advantage" Tinker Bell |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: This bear is named for a train station & arrives in England as a stowaway from South America Paddington |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In a work by Crockett Johnson, he draws his own world with his purple crayon Harold |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: In 1888, before his imprisonment, this playwright published "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" for children Oscar Wilde |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: Matchboxes make good dressers for the tiny Clock family in this 1952 story by Mary Norton The Borrowers |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who perished in a WWII plane crash, is today best known for this children's tale The Little Prince |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | FEMALE AUTHORS $800: Author of more than 200 works, Nora Roberts was the first inductee of the Hall of Fame for writers in this genre romance |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | WORLD LITERATURE $2000: In this Henry James tale, a governess is in charge of 2 children who are controlled by evil ghosts The Turn of the Screw |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: 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 |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in this 1894 collection The Jungle Book |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: Bugs Meany is often the villain in the stories about this young detective who was introduced in 1963 Encyclopedia Brown |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: This Hans Christian Andersen maiden was born in a tulip; a polished walnut shell served as her cradle Thumbelina |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | QUOTATIONS IN LITERATURE $200: It begins, "All children, except one, grow up" Peter Pan |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | QUOTATIONS IN LITERATURE $600: In this 1883 children's classic, a parrot named Captain Flint squawks, "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" Treasure Island |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: Sketches written for Punch became his first novel, "Lovers in London"; Winnie-the-Pooh came 21 years later (A.A.) Milne |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: An out-of-control dog meets his match in John Grogan's him "and the Kittens" Marley |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: As well as kids' books, this 19th century author wrote "Examples in Arithmetic" & other math textbooks Lewis Carroll |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MINOR IN LITERATURE $1000: In a 17th century children's tale, the captain of the Unicorn sells this boy's cat to the king of Barbary Dick Whittington |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | LITERATURE IN THE 1800s $400: The first chapter of this Carlo Collodi classic appeared in an Italian children's magazine in 1881 Pinocchio |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | IT'S ALL ACADEMIC $2000: In 1954 Cambridge appointed this children's author as a professor of Medieval & Renaissance literature C.S. Lewis |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $2000: First awarded in 1922, this medal is given out for excellence in U.S. children's literature the Newbery |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | CHILDREN IN LITERATURE $400: Lewis Carroll created this heroine to amuse the daughter of his dean at Christ Church Alice |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | CHILDREN IN LITERATURE $800: This "parish boy" hero is born in a workhouse & becomes one of Fagin's thieves Oliver Twist |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | CHILDREN IN LITERATURE $1200: He wrote about fictional children Willie Mufferson, Joe Harper, & Sid Sawyer Mark Twain |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | CHILDREN IN LITERATURE $1600: This author wrote for The New Yorker while penning books about Fern Arable & Stuart Little (E.B.) White |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | CHILDREN IN LITERATURE $5,000 (Daily Double): "What is essential is invisible to the eye" is the secret the fox shares with this title character the Little Prince |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $800: The Mock Turtle sings a song about the Lobster Quadrille in this classic children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $600: Dinah, the name of a real cat that belonged to the Liddell children, is the cat of this fictional girl Alice (of "Alice in Wonderland") |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1200: In 1962 this author & illustrator published "The Nutshell Library", which includes the book "Chicken Soup with Rice" Maurice Sendak |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1600: A classic book by George Selden tells of this noisy insect "in Times Square" The Cricket |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", 4 siblings rule this land from the throne at Cair Paravel Narnia |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $6,000 (Daily Double): In an 1883 fantasy by Carlo Collodi, Mr. Cherry, a carpenter, gives a piece of talking wood to this old man Geppetto |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Thing One & Thing Two are characters in this 1957 Seuss classic "The Cat in the Hat" |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: A young rabbit gets ready for bed in this classic by Margaret Wise Brown "Goodnight Moon" |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In this Natalie Babbitt book, the Tuck family tries to convince Winnie that living forever is a curse "Tuck Everlasting" |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In a folktale, this yummy "man" runs away after he is baked & is later eaten by a sly fox Gingerbread Man |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In this Hans Christian Andersen story, a child observes, "He has got nothing on at all!" "The Emperor's New Clothes" |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: He's the character described in the audiobook heard here
(He liked to sit just quietly & smell the flowers) Ferdinand the Bull |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: Ichabod Crane & Brom Bones are rivals for the affections of Katrina Van Tassel in this story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In a 1970 Judy Blume book, this title character asked, "Are you there God?" Margaret |
| #3340, aired 1999-02-26 | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON $1,900 (Daily Double): Written in a matter of weeks in 1881, this pirate tale changed the face of children's literature Treasure Island |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: 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 |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: The first character Alice meets in Wonderland, he wears a waistcoat & a pocket watch the White Rabbit |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: This Kenneth Grahame novel began as a series of bedtime tales told to his son starting in 1904 The Wind in the Willows |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | LITERATURE $400: This children's story describes Toad Hall as "a dignified old house of mellowed red brick" The Wind in the Willows |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: This character in a book by Saint-Exupery leaves his tiny planet because of a prideful flower The Little Prince |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: The cut-paper illustrations of "Golem" earned David Wisniewski this medal in 1997 the Caldecott Medal |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | CHILDRENS LITERATURE $200: The children in this 1981 Chris Von Allsburg book play a jungle board game that turns real "Jumanji" |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | FOREIGN LITERATURE $800: His "Eventyr, fortalte for Born", or "Fairy Tales, Told for Children" was published in 1835 Hans Christian Andersen |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In a Kipling "Just So" story, the animal that "said 'Humph!' just 'Humph!' and no more" camel |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: The one that belonged to Colin Craven's mother is the "Secret" one in the title garden |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In "Charlotte's Web", Templeton is this kind of animal rat |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: Pal, a male collie, played the lead in the 1943 movie version of this Eric Knight novel Lassie Come Home |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In a Grimm tale, a group of aging animals set out for this town to become musicians Bremen |
| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: "The Frog Prince" & "Hans in Luck" were 2 of the tales they gathered in "Kinder- und Hausmarchen" the Brothers Grimm |
| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In a 1958 book by Michael Bond, the Brown family discovers this bear's fondness for marmalade Paddington |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In this Hans Christian Andersen tale, a little child remarks "He doesn't have anything on!" The Emperor's New Clothes |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: This legendary outlaw of Nottinghamshire began appearing in children's books in the 19th century Robin Hood |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: His "Kidnapped" was first published as a serial in Young Folks magazine Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: This Mary Mapes Dodge novel contains the story of a boy who thrust his finger into a hole in a dike Hans Brinker |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: For this story James M. Barrie took the name Never Land from a district in Australia Peter Pan |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" appears in this sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Through the Looking-Glass |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: This story, called "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" in French, was first published in English in 1729 Little Red Riding Hood |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In "The Brass Bottle", Horace Ventimore buys an antique brass bottle that contains one of these beings a genie |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In "The Jungle Book", this mongoose fights cobras who are trying to kill the family he lives with Rikki-Tikki-Tavi |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: Flag, a fawn, causes a crisis between Jody Baxter & his father in this Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book The Yearling |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", this submarine visits Atlantis the Nautilus |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: His fairy tales first appeared in English in 1846, 11 years after they were published in Danish Hans Christian Andersen |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In Carlo Collodi's story, Pinocchio turns into this animal & is sold to a circus a donkey |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: Kenneth Grahame considered calling this 1908 classic "The Wind in the Reeds" The Wind in the Willows |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Gretel Brinker, not her brother Hans, wins these title objects in a race silver skates |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: The Ingalls family moves to Minnesota in her book "On the Banks of Plum Creek" Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: This author's Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle may be the most famous hedgehog in literature Beatrix Potter |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: 3 of the 10 chapters in his "The House at Pooh Corner" concern Tigger who's introduced in the book (A.A.) Milne |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: "The Sword in the Stone" is the first of the 4 parts of this T.H. White work The Once and Future King |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: In this Frances Hodgson Burnett book, Mary, an orphan, comes to live at Misselthwaite Manor The Secret Garden |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In The Winnie-the-Pooh stories, this marsupial is Kanga's kid Roo |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: Pippi Longstocking lives by herself in Villa Villekula in this country Sweden |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | LITERATURE $600: In 1927 he published a book for children called "The Tarzan Twins" Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In this 1726 satire, high heels & low heels in Lilliput represent the Tories & the Whigs Gulliver's Travels |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: In 1942 this "Dr. Dolittle" author wrote an anti-war poem for adults titled "Victory for the Slain" (Hugh) Lofting |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: In this Mary Rodgers story, a 13-year-old girl wakes up to find that she has become her own mother Freaky Friday |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: 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 |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In this 1908 novel, Rat, Toad & Badger reside on the banks of an English river The Wind in the Willows |
| #2189, aired 1994-02-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: "Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot", this many "days old" nine |
| #2189, aired 1994-02-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Born in a flower, her cradle was a polished walnut shell Thumbelina |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In 1982, 48 years after the first book, this magical nanny popped up again "in Cherry Tree Lane" Mary Poppins |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In the Grimms' story, this character is called Sneewittchen Snow White |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: Flag is the name of the deer in this Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings story The Yearling |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: In an 1881 novel by James Otis, this boy runs away with the circus Toby Tyler |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in his 1894 collection "The Jungle Book" (Rudyard) Kipling |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: This author of "The Wind in the Willows" was a descendant of Scottish King Robert the Bruce (Kenneth) Grahame |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: This British lord helped initiate the Boy Scout movement with "Scouting for Boys" in 1908 Baden-Powell |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: The story of this beloved collie was published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1938 Lassie |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: Local legends about 17th century outlaws in the Doone Valley inspired Richard Blackmore's novel about her Lorna Doone |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: The rats in her English home, Hill Top, inspired her to write "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers" Beatrix Potter |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: This Washington Irving character awakes from a 20-year nap to find himself one of the oldest men in the village Rip Van Winkle |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In 1991 this inquisitive monkey in books by H.A. Rey celebrated his 50th birthday Curious George |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: "Little Dorothy and Toto" was one of the books in his "Little Wizard Stories" series Baum |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the name of the "Little Helicopter" in a 1989 book by the Duchess of York Budgie |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: Legend says he based the prince in "The Little Mermaid" on a girl who rejected him for another man Hans Christian Andersen |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In the Grimms' "Jorinda & Joringel", Jorinda turns into one of these "nocturnal" singing birds a nightingale |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In the first draft of "Peter Pan", this fairy's name was Tippy-Toe Tinker Bell |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: George Selden wrote about one of these "in Times Square" while Dickens' was "on the Hearth" a cricket |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: This title rag doll made her first appearance in 1918 in a collection of stories by Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In the original story, Pinocchio finds this woodcarver in the belly of a giant shark, not a whale Gepetto |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: The French fairy tale character Le Petit Poucet is known in English as Hop O' my this Thumb |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In 1943 she described her experiences as a teacher on the prairie in "These Happy Golden Years" Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Finding no bone in the cupboard, she buys her dog some bread, tripe & beer Old Mother Hubbard |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: 1911's "Peter and Wendy" was a retelling of this play in book form Peter Pan |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In a 1938 novel, would- be polar explorer Mr. Popper raises a flock of these birds penguins |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: Perrault's version of this fairy story was published in 1696 as "La Belle au Bois Dormant" Sleeping Beauty |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: Part of this 1926 A.A. Milne children's book is set in the Hundred Acre Wood Winnie-the-Pooh |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: He emigrated to England after his aunt Lucy moved to the Home for Retired Bears in Lima Paddington |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book The Wind in the Willows |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: In this work, James M. Barrie based Nana partly upon his wife's St. Bernard, Porthos Peter Pan |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In "Rumplestiltskin", it's the trade of the man whose daughter must spin straw into gold Miller |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In an interview, Dr. Seuss said he modeled this domineering reptile on Adolf Hitler Yertle the Turtle |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: Mme d'Aulnoy's "The Blue Bird" may be the source of this prince's name found in many fairy tales Prince Charming |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: Mary Pickford played Cedric Errol in a 1921 silent film of this Frances Hodgson Burnett book Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $3,000 (Daily Double): The first installment of this Carlo Collodi tale appeared in Giornale dei Bambini in 1880 Pinocchio |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: The voyages of this Hugh Lofting physician won the author a Newbery medal in 1923 Doctor Dolittle |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: This poem by Lewis Carroll begins, "Twas brillig & the slithy toves did gyre & gimble in the wabe" "Jabberwocky" |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In 1890, a year after his "The Master of Ballantrae" was published, he settled in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In a Dr. Seuss story, Bartholomew Cubbins had this many hats 500 |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In one Grimm tale, 12 princesses dance these to pieces in an underground castle their shoes |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: Anne Shirley leaves the orphanage to live on this "colorful" farm in Avonlea Green Gables |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: "The Comic Adventures of" this elderly woman "and her Dog" were first published in 1805 Old Mother Hubbard |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: Madeline is one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" who attend a school in this city Paris |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | AWARDS $800 (Daily Double): In conjunction with the Caldecott Medal, the ALA awards this one for children's literature the Newbery Medal |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: A sumo wrestler falls for a stronger woman in "Three Strong Women: A Tall Tale from" this country Japan |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Hans Christian Andersen story in which a little child says, "But he hasn't got anything on” The Emperor's (New) Clothes |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In some versions this dead relative appears to Cinderella in the form of a cow mother |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In a book by Christina Bjork, a girl named Linnea visits this artist's gardens at Giverny (Claude) Monet |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Ludwig Bemelmans' "Madeline" attends a boarding school in this city Paris |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500 (Daily Double): The heroine of this fairy tale is sometimes known as Briar Rose Sleeping Beauty |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: She didn't start writing her "Little House" novels until she was in her 60s Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: In Norse legend the 2 children in this nursery rhyme were captured by the moon while drawing water Jack and Jill |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In the title of a 1911 book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, this adjective describes the garden secret |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In "The Snow Queen" Kay becomes mean after fragments of this fly into his eye & his heart glass |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: His father, Raff, is a dike worker who fell from a scaffold & lost his memory Hans Brinker |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In a Kipling story, the camel got his hump by being lazy & making this contemptuous sound humph |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: A donkey, a hound, a cat & a cock are these title characters in a Grimm's fairy tale Bremen Town Musicians |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: "...Nearly every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on" Lassie |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In "The Sword in the Stone", Kay calls this main character "The Wart" King Arthur |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: Eric Knight died while serving in WWII, just 4 years after writing the story of this collie Lassie |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: This Dr. Seuss animal said, "'That is that.' And then he was gone with a tip of his hat." The Cat in the Hat |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In "The Jungle Book" Shere Khan is one of these wild animals a tiger |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In Aesop's fables this animal is paired with "the Stork", "the Crow" & "the Grapes" a fox |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: This author was born in a slum in Odense, Denmark on April 2, 1805 Hans Christian Andersen |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In this tale, the heroine is named for the rampion her father stole from the witch's garden Rapunzel |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: He 1st wrote about Dr. Dolittle in letters he sent home to his children during WWI Hugh Lofting |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | AWARDS $300: The John Newbery Medal is given annually to authors in this field children's literature |
| #963, aired 1988-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In Clement Moore's most famous poem, they "were hung by the chimney with care" "The Stockings" |
| #963, aired 1988-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: He kept his wife in a pumpkin shell Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater |
| #963, aired 1988-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: Near the end of "Through the Looking Glass", this queen disappears in a bowl of soup White Queen |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: After the ogre turned himself into one of these, Puss in Boots ate him a mouse |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: He was "bred and born in a briar patch" Brer Rabbit |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In the Hans Christian Andersen tale, she was born inside a tulip-like flower Thumbelina |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: One version says she slept in the hearth; another that she used to sit in the chimney-corner Cinderella |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: 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" |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: "Tunnel in the Sky" & "A Wrinkle in Time" are 2 novels for children written in this genre science fiction |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: The mother duck thought her ugly duckling was a real turkey but in actuality it was this swan |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | KIDDIE LIT $500: 1 of 2 best-known awards in U.S. established by Frederick Melcher for children's literature the Newbery (Medal) (or the Caldecott Medal) |
| #329, aired 1985-12-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Named for the type of lettuce in the witch's garden , we'd climb her hair if she'd let us Rapunzel |
| #329, aired 1985-12-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: In the British version their sizes are "little, small, wee", "middle--sized", & "great, huge" the Three Bears |
| #329, aired 1985-12-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: Edith Fellows played Polly in the films about this family's 5 kids & how they grew The Five Little Peppers |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Some like it in the pot, 9 days old pease porridge hot |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: Charles & Mary Lamb simplified this author's works in their "Tales" William Shakespeare |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | EUROPE $200: This country’s Princess Caroline library specializes in children's literature Monaco |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | LITERATURE $200: Nationality of children in “Lord of the Flies” British |
| #7, aired 1984-09-18 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In one Grimm tale, she's Rose Red's sister Snow White |
