About This Quiz
How well do you remember these lines from the books you read as a child? Take this quiz to find out.
From the stories we enjoyed at bedtime to the books we read as beginning readers, children's books have had a memorable impact on our lives. Lines from Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat", "Green Eggs and Ham," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" are so embedded in our memories that they are easily recalled. Fairy tales such as Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel and Cinderella are stories most of us can recall as if we last read them yesterday. And beginning reader books such as "Black Beauty," "Alice in Wonderland" and The Berenstain Bears remain a part of our childhoods whether we read them ourselves or they were part of family or school story time. Children's books are so enjoyable that they stand the test of time, becoming new favorites for new generations as we pass them along to our own children.
So, we've got a challenge for you. Dig deep into your memory and sift through this quiz to see how many of these famous lines from classic children's books you can remember. We'll give you the line; you name the book.
Let's get started!
This line is from "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," by Eric Carle. The book was first published in 1969.
This line is from "The Cat in the Hat," by Dr. Seuss. The book was first published in 1957.
This line is from "Alice In Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. The book was originally published in 1865.
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This line is from "Black Beauty," by Anna Sewell. The book was first published in 1877.
This line is from "Peter Pan," by J. M. Barrie. The book was first published over a century ago.
This line is from "Madeline," by Ludwig Bemelmans. The book was published in 1939.
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This line is from "The Wind in the Willows," by Kenneth Grahame. The book was first published in 1908.
This line is from "The Little Engine that Could," by Watty Piper. The book was first published in 1930.
This is a line from "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang," by Ian Fleming. The book was originally published in 1964.
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This is a line from "The Jungle Book," by Rudyard Kipling. The book was first published in 1894.
This line is from "Charlotte's Web," by E.B. White. The book was first published in 1952.
This is a line from "The Secret Garden," by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The book was first published in 1911.
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This line is from "Little Women," by Louisa May Alcott. The book was first published in 1868.
This line is from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," by C. S. Lewis. The book was first published in 1950.
This line is from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," by Roald Dahl. The book was first published in 1964.
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This line is from "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne. The book was first published in 1926.
This line is from "Peter Rabbit," by Beatrix Potter. The book was first published in 1902.
This line is from "Hansel and Gretel," by the Brothers Grimm. The book was first published in 1812.
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This line is from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," by J. K. Rowling. The book was first published in 1997.
This line is from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book was first published in 1954.
This line is from "The Tiger Who Came to Tea," by Judith Kerr. The book was first published in 1968.
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This line is from "The Gruffalo," by Julia Donaldson. The book was first published in 1999.
This line is from "Little Red Riding Hood," by Jacob Grimm. The book was first published in the 17th century.
This line is from "The Borrowers," by Mary Norton. The book was first published in 1952.
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This line is from "Pinocchio," by Carlo Collodi. The book was first published in 1883.
This is a line from "I Capture the Castle," by Dodie Smith. The book was first published in 1948.
This line is from "Lord of the Flies," by William Golding. The book was first published in 1954.
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This line is from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain. The book was first published in 1884.
This line is from "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. The book was first published in 1843.
This line is from "The Princess Bride," by William Goldman. The book was first published in 1973.
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This line is from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," by Frank Baum. The book was originally published in 1900.
This line is from "Little House on the Prairie," by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The book was first published in 1932.
This line is from "Heidi," by Johanna Spyri. The book was first published in 1881.
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This line is from "Matilda," by Roald Dahl. The book was first published in 1988.