Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Best Opening Lines from Children's Books I

Can you name the books whose first lines are:

1. All children, except one, grow up.

2. "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

2. The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, wet day.

3. The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.

4. In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.

5. The Mole has been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.

6. This is George. He lived in Africa.

7. Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong.

8. When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.

9. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

10. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy.

11. These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.

12. The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him "WILD THING!"and Max said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!" so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

Answers:

1. Peter Pan
2. Charlotte's Web
3. The Cat in the Hat
4. Madeline
5. The Wind in the Willows
6. Curious George
7. The Little Engine That Could
8. The Secret Garden
9. Little Women
10. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
12. Where the Wild Things Are

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