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Inspired by this NPR blog (“How to Name Your First Novel”), we’ve gone ahead and used the requirements (sometimes interpreted loosely) to re-dub famous children’s books. Take a guess at the real titles, and check your answers by clicking on the links.
If Your First Novel Will Be A Busted Romance
[ANY OF THE SEVEN DWARFS]: A Love Story
The Golden Monkey: A Love Story
If Your First Novel Will Be A Harrowing Historical Account
The [A COLOR] [REPEAT THAT COLOR] [A FLOWER]s Of [A CITY IN EUROPE]
The Colorless Colorless Apples of Elsewhere
If Your First Novel Will Be A Withering Teenage Quasi-Memoir
How I Flunked [YOUR WORST ACADEMIC SUBJECT] But Passed [THE FIRST MUSICIAN YOU SAW IN CONCERT]
How I Flunked Wrestling But Passed Jane Eyre
If Your First Novel Will Be A Workplace Satire
At Least They Left Us The [A PIECE OF OFFICE MACHINERY]
At Least They Left Us The Everlasting Gobstopper
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Woman’s Story From Someone Else’s Point Of View
[A CHILD-CARE-RELATED TRANSITIVE VERB]ing [THE NAME OF YOUR PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER]
Keeping Sarah
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Man’s Story From His Own Point Of View
[THE FIRST NAME OF YOUR MATERNAL GRANDFATHER]Reads The Works Of [CLASSIC AUTHOR]
Dragon (with an E) Reads the Works of Tolkien
If Your First Novel Will Be A Miserable Story Of One Person’s Suffering
My [A FRAGILE OBJECT] Is [A WORD THAT MEANS "BROKEN"]
My District is Burned
If Your First Novel Will Be Self-Consciously Ironic And Self-Congratulatory
[A COMIC-BOOK SOUND EFFECT WORD] Goes [A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN]
Baa Goes Pigtown
If Your First Novel Takes Place In Gorgeous Locations
The [ANY COUNTRY] [ANY COMMON SOCIAL EVENT]Chronicles
The Lothlorien Lamenting Chronicles
If Your First Novel Is Intended To Launch A Giant Moneymaking Franchise
Everything Starts With ["1" OR "A"]
Everything Starts With 1 Vampire
