Children's Lit Titles in Latin (Part 2) Quiz

Answer: Panis et Conserva Fructuum pro Francisca

While "Panis et Conserva Fructuum pro Francisca" would be a grammatically correct Latin translation of the title "Bread and Jam For Frances" by Russell Hoban, there hasn't been an officially published Latin version.
"Panis" means "bread", "et" is the Latin word for "and", and "Conserva Fructuum" would be a Latin translation for "fruit preserve" or "jam". "Pro" means "for", and the name Frances is translated into Latin as "Francisca."
"Bread and Jame for Frances" is one of a series of "Frances the Badger" books that Mr. Hoban wrote, along with others such as "Bedtime for Frances", "A Birthday for Frances" and several others. Published in 1964, the story is about a young badger named Frances who likes to eat bread and jam. Her parents try to get her to try and like other foods, but she consistently turns them away in favor of her favorite meal.

Answer: Familia ab Via Extrema Una

Written and illustrated by Eve Garnett, "The Family from One End Street" was published in 1937. Although there is no known Latin edition this classic children's literature story of a big happy family, "Familia ab Extremo Vici" is a Latin translation of that book's title. The story takes place in Sussex, England, and was noteworthy for its depiction of a working-class family, unlike many children's lit stories at that time.

"Family" translates to Latin as "Familia", and "from" is "ab" in Latin. "Street" is "Via" and the address "One End" would be "Extrema Una."

Answer: Placenta Frictilis: Fabula Familiae Nativae Americanae

"Fry Bread" translates to "Placenta Frictilis" with "Placenta" being a flat cake, or flat bread, and "Frictilis" meaning pan-fried. "Fabula" is Latin for "Story" and "Familia" is Latin for "Family". "Native American" would be "Nativae Americanae." Kevin Noble Maillard's award-winning book from 2019, is a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal.

It celebrates Native American culture by way of its traditional cuisine, while also dipping into family and cultural identity. It won the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal for the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.

Answer: Catella et Magnus Nix

Seeing as how "Katy" is a diminutive form of "Katherine/Katharine", or "Caterina/Catharina" in Latin, then we're looking for the diminutive form of Katy in Latin. And that would be "Catella".

Then, "the Big Snow" is translated as "et Magnus Nix" in Latin.
Virginia Lee Burton is both the author and illustrator of the 1943 children's literature story "Katy and the Big Snow." No, Katy is not a little girl in the story, Katy is a red snow plow that works for the Highway Department in the city of Geopolis. Ms. Burton based her fictitious city and its highway Department on Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Answer: Mea Ephemeris Ab Ora Mundi

The word for "Diary" can be translated as "Diarium" or "Ephemeris" in Latin. My can be either "meum" or "mea" depending on the gender of the object possessed. "From the Edge of the World" can be translated into Latin as "Ab Ora Mundi" ("ab" = "from," "ora" = "edge," and "mundi" = "of the world").

Jodi Lynn Anderson's 2015 book, written on diary form, is about a girl who has lived in Maine all her life, in a world that indeed has sasquatches, dragons, giants, and mermaids. The world also has Dark Clouds that come for people when they die. What does she do however, when a Dark Cloud comes around looking for her little brother.

Answer: Fabula Interminabilis

Though there's no official Latin translation of Michael Ende's 1979 tale, "The Neverending Story", there is a German translation because that's the language it was originally written in: "Die unendliche Geschichte". If one were to translate it into Latin, "Fabula" meaning tale or story, and "Interminabilis" meaning endless, or neverending, would make a viable title.

The story blurs the line between imagination and reality when a boy named Bastian happens steals a book called "The Neverending Story", and becomes so swept into the world of the story, called Fantastica, that he finds himself becoming a character in the story. He realizes the world is in peril and that he is the chosen one who must save it.

Answer: Familia Nivis

"Snow" in Latin is "nix" or in this case "nivis" since we can think of it as modifying "family" which in Latin is "familia".

Daniel Kirk is the author/illustrator of the book "Snow Family" (2000). One wintry morning, a little boy named Jacob discovers an impish group of snow children scuttling around his parents' barn. When he realizes that these snow children don't have a snow Mom or Dad, Jacob decides to build snow parents for the snow kids.

Answer: Viginti Milia Leucarum Sub Mare

While there is no official Latin translation, there is an official title in French for the story since it was originally written in French in 1869, by author Jules Verne: "Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers." But okay, a Latin translation would go, "Viginti Milia" for "twenty thousand", and "Leucarum" is the plural of "leuca," which means the unit of distance "league." "Sub" means "under" and "Mare" is "sea."

In the story, three men, Professor Pierre Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land, find themselves aboard the Naval ship, Abraham Lincoln, hunting a sea monster they suspect is a giant narwhal. Interestingly, the ship's Captain is named "Nemo" which is Latin for "no one" a name chosen on purpose by Jules Verne, to mirror to Odysseus, who also used that name "Nemo" in its Greek form, as an alias.

Answer: Ubi Crepido Desinit

"Ubi" means "where" in Latin, and "Crepido" can mean many things such as "foundation," "base," "pier" and indeed "sidewalk". The words "Terminat" and "Desinit" both mean "ends", however, "Terminos" has more of a noun meaning, as in "boundaries" or "limits", whereas "Desinit" is the verb idea of the word.

Shel Silverstein both wrote and illustrated his 1974 children's poetry collection, "Where the Sidewalk Ends." Amongst the collection of poems you'll find a girl who eats a whale, and a boy who turns into a TV set, a girl who eats a whale, a unicorn, diamond gardens, sisters who are auctioned off, and much more.

Answer: Ventus in Salicibus

"Ventus" is Latin for "wind", while "in" means "in" (imagine that!), and Salicibus" is the plural of "salix," meaning "willow."

The Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908, written by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame. It is the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger who try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with automobiles and gets into trouble. They all roam the English countryside developing their friendship and loyalty.