playful Quotes

“Children adored him because he was like a child; youth reveled in his company because he was still a youth, and couldn’t be shocked.”

“The weather wouldn’t settle down. It would rain cats and dogs, then stop, then drip awhile, then stop while it made up its mind what to do next.”

″ We like to hop. We like to hop on top of Pop. ”

“Down fell the snow --plop! -- on top of Peter’s head!

This is a really fun, playful poetry book and I can see why children would like it. Honor Brown tells of school in a very imaginative, negative way which is actually really funny.

Chocky is a playful investigation of what being human is all about, delving into such matters as child-rearing, marriage, learning, artistic inspiration—and it ends with a surprising and impassioned plea for better human stewardship of the earth.

“But to his rambunctious sons, Abraham Lincoln was above all a playful and loving father. Here is Lincoln as seen by two of his boys.”