Blog Post
Quiz: How well do you know vintage children's books?
Tracey at Rhyme and Reason Books • March 29, 2020
Test your knowledge of famous first lines with this quiz
Can you name the beloved children's book that opens with each of the lines below? Check your answers in the comments section. Then comment with the number you got right. To really make things challenging, add the first line from one of your own favorites and see who gets it right. Share with your friends so they can play too.
Best of luck!
Tracey
1. The sun did not shine.
2. It was a dark and stormy night.
3. One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window.
4. "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern.
5. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live.
6. If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.
7. These two old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.
8. In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf.
9. In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.
10. Five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world.
About the author: Tracey fell in love with old children's books when she was nine, and that was that. Her shop, Rhyme and Reason Books, sells vintage children's books and ephemera on Etsy for collectors, crafters, and decorators. As a writer, literacy instructor, and library volunteer, she donates a portion of every sale to children's literacy initiatives to foster the next generation of readers.
