World Emoji Day: Guess the Book!
Created in 2014, July 17 now marks World Emoji Day! The date was chosen from Apple’s iOS calendar emoji, but no matter which system’s emojis you use, this global celebration includes everyone!
The use of emojis has become commonplace, and kids especially enjoy using them to communicate with each other. So can you read emoji?
Test your skill and try to solve these emoji puzzles that each describe a popular book.
Hint
“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
Reveal Answer
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Hint
“Big Brother is Watching You.”
Reveal Answer
1984 by George Orwell
Hint
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Reveal Answer
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Hint
“I’m having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.”
Reveal Answer
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Hint
“I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!”
Reveal Answer
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Hint
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
Reveal Answer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Hint
“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”
Reveal Answer
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Hint
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”
Reveal Answer
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Hint
“All’s well that ends better.”
Reveal Answer
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Hint
“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.”
Reveal Answer
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Hint
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
Reveal Answer
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Hint
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.”
Reveal Answer
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Hint
“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”
Reveal Answer
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Hint
“Inconceivable!”
Reveal Answer
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Hint
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Reveal Answer
Animal Farm by George Orwell
How’d you do? Let us know in the comments below!
Published Jul 14, 2016
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