What is a Jane Chord? "The idea is that if you make a two-word sentence out of the first and last words of a book, it will tell you something revealing about the book in question. Or not..." (Hat tip Terry Teachout.)
Here are Jane Chords for some kid lit favorites:
A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett: Once / away
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett: When / Colin
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll: Alice / days
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Beverly Cleary: Ramona / again
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg: Claudia / yet
The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne: One / playing
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, Daniel Pinkwater: Nobody / roller-skates
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin: The / chess
Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie: There / sing
Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli: Maniac / home
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien: In / tobacco-jar
The Sword in the Stone, T. H. White: On / Arthur
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