| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | KIDDY LIT $600: Courage & perseverance are lessons taught by this Watty Piper classic with the mantra "I think I can, I think I can" The Little Engine That Could |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | AUNTIE HERO $800: In this classic of American lit, the mischievous title boy lives with Aunt Polly, who opens the novel by calling his name The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AMERICAN LIT $800: This narrator in a 19th century classic says, "Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave" Huck Finn |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC LIT $200: "The Jungle Book" contains a story about Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, one of these animals who protects his human family a mongoose |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC LIT $400: Herman Melville dedicated "Moby Dick" to this New Englander who had mentored him Hawthorne |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC LIT $600: In "Oliver Twist", precocious pickpocket Jack Dawkins is better known by this nickname the Artful Dodger |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC LIT $800: His 1789 book "Songs of Innocence" fittingly includes "The Lamb" Blake |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC LIT $1000: The title of this semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin comes from a traditional hymn Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LIT BITS $400: In a classic book by Margery Williams, this title stuffed bunny is a Christmas gift The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | BRISK LIT $1,500 (Daily Double): The Wife of Bath & The Summoner have stories to tell in this classic work The Canterbury Tales |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | 19th CENTURY LIT $200: This children's classic tells us that the title character was made from a very ordinary piece of firewood Pinocchio |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | LIT BITS $800: It's Mary Norton's 1952 children's classic about a family living under the floorboards The Borrowers |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | LITERARY ANTAGONISTS $1200: Seen here is one of the classic meanies in all of lit, this villain of a Dickens novel Bill Sikes |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | COLORFUL LIT $800: A children's classic: "Harold and the ____ Crayon" Purple |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | FANGS A LOT! $400: You can get custom designer fangs of this classic lit character for $19.99 at Party City, just like the author intended Dracula |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | CHILDREN'S LIT $400: In the classic Collodi tale, he's the woodcarver who creates Pinocchio Geppetto |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NUMERIC LIT $200: This kid lit classic has a chapter called "The Puppies Arrive" One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | I WROTE IT $1200: "Invisible Man", a classic of African-American lit Ralph Ellison |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | CHILDREN'S LIT $200: In a kid lit classic, this elephant becomes king & marries Celeste, who becomes his queen Babar |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | CHILDREN'S LIT $400: "A Wind in the Door" is a follow-up to this classic by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | GREAT BOOKS ON AUDIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): A natural storyteller, Nick Offerman brings his talents to this classic of American lit
...appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush, he surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | KIDDY LIT $1,400 (Daily Double): In 2000 Robin McKinley retold this classic fairy tale in "Spindle's End" "Sleeping Beauty" |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | MUSICALLY TITLED LIT $1600: A classic of African-American lit gets its title from this Billie Holiday song that says, "Mama may have..." "God Bless The Child" |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | LIT-POURRI $1200: Not Fog nor Cloud, but this is Lolita's last name in Nabokov's lecherous classic Haze |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | SPORTS NOBILITY $5 (Daily Double): The last name of 1970s San Francisco Giant John Montefusco helped lead to this classic lit-based nobility nickname the Count |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $200: A voice called out. "Hold up there, Tamenund! I'm Mohican! So are my wife & 3 kids! Take a better look, Mr. Census!" Last of the Mohicans |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $400: Samwise was back home. But then he remembered an awful thing. He'd left his keys at Mount Doom! With a sigh, he turned The Return of the King |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $600: I boarded the good ship Rachel. Then I heard my captain's voice behind me! "I killed it. Killed it dead. & it was totally worth it" Moby-Dick |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $800: Sydney Carton let his last words reverberate. Powerful stuff, he thought. Then he parkoured up the wall, to freedom! A Tale of Two Cities |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $1000: "...and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes". Then again no maybe not I don't think so I said no Ulysses |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | WOMEN'S LIT $1200: The story of a young divorcee pursuing a Ph.D., the feminist classic "The Women's Room" is by her Marilyn French |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: Thomas De Quincey's 1821 "Confessions of an English" eater or user of this drug is a classic of addiction lit opium |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $1600: "Remembrance of Things Past" is a classic example of the type of series called a roman-fleuve, literally novel-this river (or stream) |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | LIT-TREE-TURE $800: Wow! The boy in this Shel Silverstein classic tale never even says thanks for the branches, the apples...anything! The Giving Tree |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | 29 & HOLDING $800: In this classic work of English lit, 29 pilgrims & the narrator gather at the Tabard Inn The Canterbury Tales |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | CHILDREN'S LIT $800: Sara Crewe is the little title character of this classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | CHILDREN'S LIT $1000: A ravenous insect larva consumes a ton of food & undergoes metamorphosis in this classic by Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| #6275, aired 2011-12-23 | THE DREIDEL WILL ROCK $1600: Guitarist Robby Krieger lit the fire under this classic '60s band The Doors |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | QUICK LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapter 5 of this classic novel is "Hester at her Needle" The Scarlet Letter |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | CLASSIC LIT $400: Captain Nemo takes Pierre Aronnax on a yearlong submarine voyage in this Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | CLASSIC LIT $800: The Morlocks are an evil race in this H.G. Wells story The Time Machine |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | CLASSIC LIT $1200: In this novel, Toad claimed that Toad Hall was the "finest house on the whole river" The Wind in the Willows |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | CLASSIC LIT $2000: Way before "Lost", this William Golding novel told of plane crash survivors on a deserted island The Lord of the Flies |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | CLASSIC LIT $3,000 (Daily Double): Edmund Dantes is unjustly accused of aiding the exiled Napoleon & imprisoned for life in this novel The Count of Monte Cristo |
| #5783, aired 2009-11-04 | TEEN LIT $600: In 2009 this 1962 classic by Madeleine L'Engle was still in Barnes & Noble's Top 20 list of teen bestsellers A Wrinkle in Time |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | CLASSIC LIT $200: In "Gulliver's Travels", the sizes in this land are reduced to 1/12 Lilliput |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | CLASSIC LIT $400: "Paradise Lost" calls him "The goodliest man of men since born his sons" Adam |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | CLASSIC LIT $600: Beowulf, prince of the Geats of southern Sweden, sails off to this country to fight the monster Grendel Denmark |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | CLASSIC LIT $800: This one of the "Little Women" marries Professor Bhaer, whom she met while living in a boardinghouse Jo |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | CLASSIC LIT $1000: In "The Scarlet Letter" her daughter is Pearl, quite the little gem Hester Prynne |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | A LITTLE LIT $400: Up, up & away with Jules Verne's classic adventure "Five Weeks in" one of these a Balloon |
| #5627, aired 2009-02-10 | KIDDY LIT $1000: In this Eric Carle classic, the title character eats watermelon, sausage, pie & a cupcake (& gets a tummy ache) The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | CLASSIC LIT $200: In a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 7-year-old Cedric Errol inherits a title & is known as "Little Lord" this Fauntleroy |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | CLASSIC LIT $400: This classic is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet A Wrinkle in Time |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | CLASSIC LIT $800: Completes the title of a classic about an African-American family "Roll of Thunder..." Hear My Cry |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | CLASSIC LIT $1000: "The Black Pearl" & "The Island of the Blue Dolphins" are 2 classics by him Scott O'Dell |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | CLASSIC LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): This story begins, "All children, except one, grow up" Peter Pan |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | KIDDY LIT $400: In the children's classic titled "The Wonderful" this, a character named Henry says, "There's a cyclone coming, Em" The Wizard of Oz |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | A "LITTLE" LIT $400: This children's classic begins, "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff" The Little Engine That Could |
| #5116, aired 2006-12-04 | BEASTLY LIT $800: A classic by Jean M. Auel:
"The Clan of the Cave" this Bear |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | CHICK LIT $200: This 1813 novel about the Bennet sisters has been called a chick lit classic Pride and Prejudice |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | AMERICAN LIT $400: Scout Finch lives with dad Atticus & brother Jem in Maycomb, Alabama in this classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | KID LIT $400: Originally an 1864 Christmas gift to a friend, her "Adventures Under Ground" became a classic under a new title Alice in Wonderland |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | CHAPTERS IN 19th CENTURY LIT $600: "I Am Born",
"I Observe" &
"I Have a Change"
are the first 3 chapters of this Dickens classic David Copperfield |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | CHAPTERS IN 19th CENTURY LIT $1000: Chapters 1-4 of this classic start with "Jonathan Harker's Journal"; later we also get a peek at "Dr. Seward's Diary" Dracula |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | BRITISH LIT $600: Elizabeth Bennet eventually falls in love with Mr. Darcy in this classic by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | NOVELS $800: Pearl is the product of adultery in this classic of American lit The Scarlet Letter |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | 1880s LIT $800: The title character of this children's classic is taken to Frankfurt but pines for the Alps Heidi |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | CLASSIC ENGLISH LIT $400: Her "Last Poems" were published in 1862; she died in 1861 in Robert's arms, after 15 years of marriage Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | CLASSIC ENGLISH LIT $800: In this family, Sarah wrote "The Adventures of David Simple" & Henry wrote "Joseph Andrews" Fielding |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | CLASSIC ENGLISH LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): As early as 1871 authors were putting out possible endings for this Dickens mystery The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | CLASSIC ENGLISH LIT $1200: His "Frost at Midnight" was about his son Hartley; his poem "Kubla Khan" wasn't Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | CLASSIC ENGLISH LIT $2000: The statue of the jungle girl Rima in Hyde Park is based on a character in this W.H. Hudson book Green Mansions |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | KIDDY LIT $400: Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2003, this classic features an illustration seen here Where the Wild Things Are |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | KIDDY LIT $1200: "Runaway Ralph" is a follow-up to this children's classic by Beverly Cleary The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | KIDDY LIT $1600: In classic books by Walter R. Brooks, this talking pig "Plays Football" & "Goes to the North Pole" Freddy |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | WORLD LIT $400: There must be "2001" reasons to read this Englishman's sci-fi classic "Childhood's End" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | ENGLISH LIT $400: This 1859 classic begins, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | AMERICAN LIT $400: This classic by Harriet Beecher Stowe sold 300,000 copies in the first year that it was published in book form "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | CHILDREN'S LIT $1200: An illustration from this children's classic is seen here "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | CHILDREN'S LIT $4,000 (Daily Double): Published in the 1890s, "David Balfour" is a sequel to this classic novel "Kidnapped" |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | KIDDY LIT $1600: Dodie Smith wrote this 1956 classic doggy tale The Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | ALL LIT UP $400: This "Little" children's classic begins "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong" "The Little Engine That Could" |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ENGLISH LIT $700 (Daily Double): H.G. Wells subtitled this 1895 classic "An Invention" The Time Machine |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | CITY LIT $200: Betty Smith wrote about her hometown in the classic "A Tree Grows in" this borough Brooklyn |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | CITY LIT $500 (Daily Double): In a middle English classic, travelers make a pilgrimage from Southwark to this city in Kent Canterbury |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | LIT ON FILM $1000: A 1935 version of this Dostoyevsky classic is seen here Crime and Punishment |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | CLASSIC KIDDY LIT $100: Character who finally discovered breaking & entering suspect Goldilocks Baby Bear |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | CLASSIC KIDDY LIT $200: Family name of the 3 billy goats who turned the tables on a troll Gruff |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | CLASSIC KIDDY LIT $300 (Daily Double): 18th century writer Madame Villeneuve is credited with writing this classic "tale as old as time" "Beauty and the Beast" |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | CLASSIC KIDDY LIT $300: Louise Fitzhugh character who considers spying part of her young life Harriet the Spy |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | CLASSIC KIDDY LIT $500: The 1968 Newbery Medal went to "From the Mixed-Up" these "of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" Files |
| #3723, aired 2000-11-08 | LIT-POURRI $100: Daniel Defoe claimed that this shipwreck classic was an allegory of his own life "Robinson Crusoe" |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | KIDDY LIT $300: A mother & daughter find their personalities have switched one strange day in this classic book by Mary Rodgers "Freaky Friday" |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | BASEBALL LIT $800: Roger Angell's classic baseball articles include a profile of this Hall of Fame Cardinals pitcher of the '60s Bob Gibson |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | AMERICAN LIT $600: In 1912 Zane Grey published this "colorful" classic of the American West Riders of the Purple Sage |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | KIDDIE LIT $200: This Rudyard Kipling classic begins with the story of "Mowgli's Brothers" The Jungle Book |
| #3173, aired 1998-05-20 | KIDDY LIT $100: Perrault's version of this classic story was subtitled "Or the Little Glass Slipper" "Cinderella" |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | KIDDY LIT $1000: This letter completes the title of William Steig's classic 1968 book that was all in letters, "CD...." B |
| #3034, aired 1997-11-06 | a little lit $100: Little Eva befriends a slave in this Harriet Beecher Stowe classic Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | CHILDREN'S LIT $200: Anna Sewell subtitled this classic "The Autobiography of a Horse" Black Beauty |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | CHILDREN'S LIT $600: This Louise Fitzhugh classic about a young female snoop was made into a 1996 movie Harriet the Spy |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | KIDDIE LIT $200: Chapter 3 of this 1935 classic is called "Camp on the High Prairie" Little House on the Prairie |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | KIDDIE LIT $200: Chapter 4 of this 1908 classic is called "Morning at Green Gables" Anne of Green Gables |
| #1464, aired 1991-01-03 | KIDDIE LIT $200: This 1865 Mary Mapes Dodge classic is about Hans & Gretel, not Hansel & Gretel Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | KIDDIE LIT $200: "Toad of Toad Hall" is A.A. Milne's dramatization of this Kenneth Grahame classic The Wind in the Willows |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | KIDDIE LIT $500 (Daily Double): A. A. Milne based his play "Toad of Toad Hall" on this classic by Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | KIDDIE LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of the following 1971 tune or the classic 1928 children's sequel on which it's based: "Christopher Robin and I walked along / Under branches lit up by the moon / Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore" "The House of Pooh Corner" |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | KIDDIE LIT $300: French children's classic about an elephant who runs away from the jungle to live in Paris Babar |
