Children's Books Gone Wrong Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mouse

The 1985 children's book, "If You Give A Mouse a Cookie," was written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. The story teaches that actions have consequences by following a rhythmic "if...then..." pattern.

A crocodile does feature in another popular children's booK, "The Enormous Crocodile" by Roald Dahl.

Answer: Rabbit

Written by Margery Williams in 1922, "The Velveteen Rabbit" is subtitled "How Toys Become Real." The toy rabbit's owner contracts scarlet fever, and his doctor orders that the rabbit be burned to prevent the spread of infection. While anxiously awaiting his fiery fate, the little toy rabbit cries a real tear that gives birth to a fairy who tells the toy that because he was real to the boy, he will become real to everyone.

Answer: Red

Anna Dewdney's 2005 book "Llama, Llama, Red Pajama" was an instant children's classic. A baby llama finds ways to delay bedtime in this rhyming book illustrated by the author. A web television series based on the "Llama, Llama" series of books premiered in June of 2018.

Answer: Harold

In 1955, Crockett Johnson published this delightful story of a little boy, his big imagination, and a purple crayon. The boy draws a path for himself right out of his bedroom and into a world of his own creation. The book spawned an entire series, including "Harold's Fairy Tale" and "Harold at the North Pole."

Charlotte is a familiar name from the 1952 children's classic by E.B. White, "Charlotte's Web."

Answer: Stanley

"Frederick" is a 1967 children's book about a field mouse by Leo Lionni.

"Flat Stanley," however, written by Jeff Brown and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer, recounts the struggles of a boy who is only half an inch thick. This, however, allows him to travel the world to different places. The book has given birth to a fun practice among American school children that involves mailing their own "flat Stanley" cut-outs to people around the world who then take their photographs with Stanley and share the photos with the children.

Answer: Sal

"Blueberries for Sal," by American children's author Robert McCloskey, was published in 1948. The story tells of two mother and daughter pairs - human and bear - who are out picking blueberries and mix up their children. The author also wrote "Make Way for Ducklings."

Pippi belongs to "Pippi Longstocking," a 1945 book by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren.

Answer: Ramona

Alexander is the star of the 1972 book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst.

It is Ramona, however, who figures in Beverly Cleary's series of books about an elementary school girl. The author wrote the series, about an ordinary American girl and her ordinary adventures, because of a lack of American children's literature.

Answer: Leo

Boris features in "Amos & Boris," a 1971 children's book written and illustrated by William Steig. But Leo is the late bloomer in the 1971 book written by Robert Kraus and illustrated by Jose Aruego. "Leo the Late Bloomer" tells of a slow-to-develop little tiger who can't read and write like his friends. Eventually, however, he blooms and speaks his first sentence: "I made it!"

Answer: Orange

Written by a seven-year-old American boy, Nathan Hale, "The Orange Cow" was originally published in France and accompanied by drawings from the pen of French illustrator Lucile Butel. The orange cow runs away from her farm and is cared for by a fox, until the fox discovers a reward being offered in the paper for her return.

Answer: Black

Published in 1963 and written and illustrated by Peyo, "The Black Smurfs" does feature blue Smurfs, but one - Lazy Smurf - is turned black when he's bitten by a strange insect. He then starts biting other Smurfs and turning them black, too, until Papa Smurf is the only blue smurf left. Fortunately, an explosion in a nearby pollen factory cures them.

The Smurfs were the subject of a popular Belgian-American animated children's TV series from 1981-1989.