Let’s have some fun. I just read a great book. Guess the title of the book!
Here are 12 Hints
1. This would be considered a “classic” or “vintage” book.
2. In the book, a supporting female character is a newspaper editor.
3. The book originated from a film scenario the author developed during World War II.
4. Seventeen film adaptations of this book were made between 1950 and 2022
5. An actress who starred in the 1950 film also starred in the film “Ten on Every Finger”
6. In the book, the father was a famous opera house conductor
7. Some of the author’s previous books were burned.
8. I discovered this book while watching a bonus feature on my DVD of the 1961 movie
9. It is a book for children.
10. It was first published in 1949
11. The children’s book was adapted into television shows
12. There are other clues in the images AND the tags!
Any idea what book this is?
With the internet handy, this should be FUN !
What do you get for a PRIZE?
First and foremost – F U N
Also, Your name in LIGHTS, right HERE, with a link to your blog!
In one week I will post the REVEAL
Have a GUESS?
Have a COMMENT? Or a QUESTION?
Leave it in the comment section below.
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Most of all… HAVE FUN!!
With appreciation to the following for images:
Lights: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Question mark: Dvdgmz, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/es/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Pulitzer Prize: Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and Augustus Lukeman (1872–1935), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Opera House:
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