Congratulations to Sara Abbott, winner of the Fiction Trivia draw! A special prize will be shipped out shortly.
For all who entered–or are just curious–the correct answers are listed below. Thank you to all who participated, and watch for a new contest in March!
#1 Heidi by Johanna Spyri
“From the pleasantly situated old town of Mayenfeld a footpath leads up through shady green meadows to the foot of the mountains.”
#2 Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
“A wild, ringing neigh shrilled up from the hold of the Spanish galleon.”
#3 In Which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water by A.A. Milne
“It rained and it rained and it rained.”
#4 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
“When I left my office that beautiful spring day, I had no idea what lay in store for me.”
#5 Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
“Mrs. —— lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alder and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook …”
#6 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
“The year of grace 1866 was made memorable by a marvelous event which doubtless still lingers in men’s minds.”
#7 The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
“To start with, there was Shora.”
#8 The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
“A mouse was looking at Mario.”
#9 A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Once on a dark winter’s day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London … an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father …”
#10 Because I Love You by Max Lucado
“Long ago and in a faraway land unlike any you’ve ever seen, there lived a wise man named Shaddai.”
#11 In Search of Honor by Donna Lynn Hess
“The revolution began for me the day my father was murdered.”
#12 Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
“I am Sam.”