Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Create a New Story Title Contest
Note: This contest has concluded. Click to read the winners. Thanks for playing!
The Prize: Five creative winners will take home Scholastic’s Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics DVD Thinpak:
"One hundred award-winning and classic children’s stories are
faithfully adapted and brought to life in this comprehensive 16-DVD
collection. From the Maurice Sendak classic Where the Wild Things Are to the beloved adventures of Curious George and Corduroy
parents and children alike are sure to enjoy these classic treasures
featuring celebrity narration from Sarah Jessica Parker, James Earl
Jones and many more! Runtime: 14 hours, 41 minutes."
Your Mission: Create a new story title that combines words from 2 to 3 titles from the list of 100 Scholastic stories in the DVD pack (see the official list of 100 titles below). Entries will be judged based on creativity, originality and humor. Have fun!
- You may rearrange words in the original real titles and discard unwanted words.
- You may add only one word to your new title that doesn’t exist in the original real titles (no obscene titles, please).
- You may add punctuation and pluralize words.
- After stating your new title, list the original real titles you utilized.
Example using one added word:
Harold and the Purple Crayon Visit Trashy Town
1. Harold and the Purple Crayon
2. Trashy Town
Example using only original words:
The Day Curious George Ate The Paperboy
1. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
2. Curious George Rides a Bike
3. The Paperboy
Submit your contest entry via the comment form below. To be eligible, you must include: the new title, the 2 to 3 real original titles, your name or nickname and a valid e-mail address in your
blog comment.
Your e-mail address won’t be published, but will be used to contact
you if you win (check your spam filter just in case!). The winner must
provide his or her shipping address to Thingamababy within 1 week of
the winner notification e-mail being sent. Thingamababy will then share
the address with Scholastic’s publicist for the purpose of shipping the
prize.
The contest ends 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008, Pacific time.
The contest is open only to residents of the United States or Canada
(your shipping address must be in the US or Canada). The DVDs are in
Region 1 formatting (you guessed it, viewable only for US and Canadian
DVD players).
People from other countries are welcome to participate purely
on a for-the-fun level, but please add the prefix "Outlander" to your
name to help distinguish your unofficial entries. Again, if you do not
have a shipping address in the US or Canada, you will not be awarded
the prize. Think of it as one of Thingamababy’s many just-for-fun game
posts.
When the contest deadline has passed, my wife and I will narrow the
submissions down to our 5 favorite submissions to win the 16-DVD collection and
those winners will be announced on Thingamababy.
Now jog your brain! Enter as often as you like.
Story Titles:
Use 2 to 3 of the titles below to create the new story title.
1. 14 Rats and a Catcher
2. Alligators All Around
3. Angus and the Ducks
4. Antarctic Antics
5. Apt. 3
6. The Beast of Monsieur Racine
7. Blueberries for Sal
8. Burt Dow: Deep-Water Man
9. By the Light of the Halloween Moon
10. Cat and Canary
11. The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
12. Changes, Changes
13. Charlie Needs a Cloak
14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
15. Chicken Soup with Rice
16. Chrysanthemum
17. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
18. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Spanish Version)
19. Corduroy
20. The Cow Who Fell in the Canal
21. Curious George Rides a Bike
22. Curious George Rides a Bike (Spanish Version)
23. A Dark, Dark Tale
24. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
25. Drummer Hoff
26. Elizabeti’s Doll
27. Five Creatures
28. Flossie and the Fox
29. The Foolish Frog
30. Georgie
31. Good Night, Gorilla
32. Goose
33. The Great White Man-Eating Shark
34. Happy Birthday, Moon
35. The Happy Lion
36. Harold and the Purple Crayon
37. Harold’s Fairy Tale
38. Harry the Dirty Dog
39. The Hat
40. Here Comes The Cat!
41. Hot Hippo
42. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
43. In the Night Kitchen
44. Is Your Mama A Llama?
45. Is Your Mama A Llama? (Spanish Version)
46. Joey Runs Away
47. John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
48. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
49. Keeping House
50. Lentil
51. Leo the Late Bloomer
52. Leo the Late Bloomer (Spanish Version)
53. A Letter to Amy
54. Make Way for Ducklings
55. Make Way for Ducklings (Spanish Version)
56. Monty
57. Musical Max
58. Musical Max (Spanish Version)
59. The Mysterious Tadpole
60. The Napping House
61. Officer Buckle & Gloria
62. One Was Johnny
63. Owen
64. The Paperboy
65. Patrick
66. Pet Show!
67. Peter’s Chair
68. Picnic
69. A Picture for Harold’s Room
70. Pierre
71. The Pig’s Wedding
72. The Rainbabies
73. Rosie’s Walk
74. Smile for Auntie
75. The Snowy Day
76. Stone Soup
77. Stone Soup (Spanish Version)
78. A Story, A Story
79. Strega Nona
80. Strega Nona (Spanish Version)
81. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
82. The Teacher From the Black Lagoon
83. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman
84. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
85. The Three Robbers
86. Time of Wonder
87. Trashy Town
88. The Trip
89. The Village of Round and Square Houses
90. Waiting for Wings
91. What’s Under My Bed?
92. A Weekend With Wendell
93. Where the Wild Things Are
94. Where the Wild Things Are (Spanish Version)
95. Whistle for Willie
96. Who’s in Rabbit’s House?
97. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
98. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears (Spanish version)
99. The Wizard
100. Yo! Yes?
For offline brainstorming, print the 100 titles PDF. It requires the free PDF reader to view.
Update: Please put 1 entry per comment post. It makes them easier to read. Enter as often as you like.
Comments
50 Responses to “Create a New Story Title Contest”
Chicka Chicka Chicken Soup!!!
1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
2. Chicken Soup With Rice
Is Your Mama an Old Lady?
1. Is Your Mama a Llama
2. There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
more later, it is early in the AM!!! (not an mix of titles)
September 11th, 2008 at 5:00 am
The teacher was an old lady who swallowed 14 rats.
1. The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
2. 14 Rats and a Catcher
3. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
(I realize that you’re going to get some incredibly horrid ideas for stories based on the fact that some are going to be… well… scary :)
September 11th, 2008 at 6:43 am
How do dinosaurs say goodnight ? With a story, a story
1. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
2. A Story, A Story
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows typed a letter to Amy about the day Jimmy’s boa ate the wash
1. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
2. A Letter to Amy
3. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat make stone soup in the night kitchen.
1. John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
2. Stone Soup
3. In the Night Kitchen
A Dark, Dark Tale: Changes, Changes By the Light of the Halloween Moon.
1. A Dark, Dark Tale
2. Changes, Changes
3. By the Light of the Halloween Moon
Yo! What’s Under My Bed, Mama?
1. Yo! Yes?
2. What’s Under My Bed?
3. Is Your Mama a Llama?
Oh, wow! I’m terrible at this! And I SO wanted to win this prize! I drool over it every time I see it in Costco.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:13 am
The pigs are waiting for wings…
1. The pig’s wedding
2. Waiting for wings
September 11th, 2008 at 9:12 am
The night kitchen is in the napping house.
1. In the night kitchen
2. The napping house
September 11th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Changes, changes… a story of the caterpillar.
1. Changes, changes
2. A story, a story
3. The caterpillar and the polliwog
September 11th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Ducklings, ducklings, GOOSE!
1. Make way for ducklings
2. Make way for ducklings (Spanish Version)
3. Goose
September 11th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Crazy pet show… cat and canary… and gorilla?
1. Pet Show!
2. Cat and canary
3. Good night, Gorilla
September 11th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Changes, changes… a story of the caterpillar and the butterfly.
1. Changes, changes
2. A story, a story
3. The caterpillar and the polliwog
Sorry for an almost duplicate… I just thought of the improved version
September 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Hot hippo in the Antarctic!
1. Hot hippo
2. In the night kitchen
3. Antarctic antics
September 11th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Officer Buckle & the Dirty Dog
1. Officer Buckle & Gloria
2. Harry the Dirty Dog
Jimmy’s Boa ate Apt. 3: A Dark, Dark Tale
1. Apt. 3
2. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
3. A Dark, Dark Tale
September 11th, 2008 at 10:34 am
The Wizard, the Witch Woman and a Dark, Dark Tale
1. The Wizard
2. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman
3. A Dark, Dark Tale
September 11th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by the Light of the Halloween Moon
1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
2. By the Light of the Halloween Moon
September 11th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Leo the Late Bloomer Runs Away from 14 Rats
1. Leo the Late Bloomer
2. Joey Runs Away
3. 14 Rats and a Catcher
(This is harder than I thought.)
September 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am
The Dark, Dark Tale of a Man-Eating Old Lady Who Swallowed a Great White Shark
1. A Dark, Dark Tale
2. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
3. The Great White Man-Eating Shark
The Teeny-Tiny Cow and the Foolish Frog Fell in Love
1. The Cow Who Fell in the Canal
2. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman
3. The Foolish Frog
Five Creature Teachers are Under My Bed!
1. The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
2. Five Creatures
3. What’s Under My Bed?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Is Your Mama Always In The Kitchen?
1. In the Night Kitchen
2. Is Your Mama A Llama?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:31 am
One was the Late Bloomer
1. One was Johnny
2. Leo the Late Bloomer
Alligators in the Kitchen: A Dark, Dark Tale
1. Alligators All Around
2. In the Night Kitchen
3. A Dark, Dark Tale
A Weekend with the Witch-Woman
1. A Weekend with Wendell
2. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman
September 11th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
While waiting for wings Chrysanthemum, the cow, fell in the canal.
90 Waiting for wings
16 Chrysanthemum
20 the Cow who fell in the canal
September 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Changes, Changes….The foolish frog was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Changes, Changes
The Foolish Frog
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Your Mama was a Man-Eating Witch-Woman
1. In Your Mama A Llama
2. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman
3. The Great White Man-Eating Shark
September 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Chicken Soup With A Fly
1) Chicken Soup with Rice
2) There was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
September 11th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
A Weekend With The Harry Fairy
1)Weekend with Wendell
2) Harry The Dirty Dog
3) Harold’s Fairy Tale
(I would watch that one, if it were a real Scholastic DVD)
September 11th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Make Way for Your Mama: A Trashy Town Musical
1. Make Way for Ducklings
2. Is Your Mama a Llama?
3. Trashy Town
4. Musical Max
September 11th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Burt Dow: The Deep Water Man-Eating Hippo
1. Burt Dow: Deep Water Man
2. The Great White Man Eating Shark
3. Hot Hippo
September 11th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
What’s Under My Bed? Officer Buckle & Gloria
September 11th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Curious George needs changes
1. Curious George Rides a Bike
2. Charlie Needs a Cloak
3. Changes, Changes
September 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Curious George Swallowed a Fly
21. Curious George Rides a Bike
84. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
September 12th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Curious George Rides: Boom! Boom!
21. Curious George Rides a Bike
14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
September 12th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Officer Buckle & Gloria, the Wedding
61. Officer Buckle & Gloria
71. The Pig’s Wedding
September 12th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Frog & Dog in the Bog
29. The Foolish Frog
38. Harry the Dirty Dog
September 12th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Your Mama is One Hot Hippo
1. Is Your Mama a Llama?
2. Hot Hippo
September 12th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Joseph had a Little Willie
1.Whistle for Willie
2. Joseph had a Little Overcoat
September 12th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Curious George Falls in the Canal
1.The Cow Who Fell in the Canal
2. Curious George Rides a Bike
September 12th, 2008 at 8:06 am
The Great White Man-Eating Goose
1.The Great White Man-Eating Shark
2. Goose
September 12th, 2008 at 8:07 am
The Great White Man-Eating Doll From the Black Lagoon
The Great White Man-Eating Shark
Elizabeti’s Doll
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon
September 12th, 2008 at 8:20 am
What’s Under my Cloak?
What’s Under My Bed
Charlie Needs a Cloak
September 12th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Waiting for the Wild things Under My Bed
Waiting for Wings
Where the Wild Things Are
What’s Under My Bed?
September 12th, 2008 at 8:21 am
The Village of People’s Ears
The Village of Round and Square Houses
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
September 12th, 2008 at 8:21 am
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Harold’s Purple Crayon
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
Harold and the Purple Crayon
September 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Chicken Rice Soup With Stone Soup
Stone Soup
Chicken Soup With Rice
September 12th, 2008 at 9:40 am
The Pig From The Black Lagoon
The Pig’s Wedding
The Teacher From The Black Lagoon
September 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Where The Wild Teachers Are
Where The Wild Things Are
The Teacher From The Black Lagoon
September 12th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Where the Wild Things Ate the Wash
Where the Wild things Are
The Day Jimmy’s Boa ate the Wash
September 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Chicka Chicka Click Clack Smiles
Click clack Moo, cows that type
Chicka chicka boom boom
Smile for Auntie
September 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Smile! Here comes the late bloomer!
Leo the Late Bloomer
Smile for Auntie
Here Comes the Cat
September 13th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Smile, Mama… You’re a Hot Hippo
Smile For Auntie
Hot Hippo
Is Your Mama a Llama?
September 13th, 2008 at 7:20 am
A Dark, Dark Tale of a Great White Shark
A Dark, Dark Tale
The Great White Man-Eating Shark
September 13th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Curious George Changes Elizabeti’s Doll
Curious George Rides a Bike
Changes, Changes
Elizabeti’s Doll
September 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Why Mosquitoes Buzz An Old Pig’s Wedding
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
The Pig’s Wedding
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
September 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Curious George Changes Harold’s Room
Curious George Rides a Bike
Changes, Changes
A Picture for Harold’s Room
September 14th, 2008 at 2:14 pm