Because Amelia Smiled Quotes

“I’m my own dog. Nobody owns me. I own myself.”

“Lionel ate one of the cookies. He decided to share the rest with his class... and teaching them an English son about cookies.”

“Zesta Crump and her ballet club in England saw the video and decided to add some moves to their goodwill recital... ”

“Sometimes I throw a stick. Then I go get it. It’s fun.”

“The cookies give Lionel an idea, and his idea inspires a student, who in turn inspires a ballet troupe - in England!”

″..in Israel, Kotz Gluberman, age four, who was in the audience, decided he liked dancing after all.”

“When a young girl named Amelia smiles at her neighbor, she has no idea how much her simple smile will affect the world.”

″... one of his students, kickboxer Sensacia Golpes decided to be a teacher, too. She had her cousin record her in the plaza and put the video online.”

“At bedtime, he danced his brother, Ichabod, to sleep. Because Kotz danced him to sleep, Ichabod slept all night through.”

“I curled up at my own feet. Sometimes, If I am not comfortable I tell myself to roll over.”

“Then I give myself a good scratch. But there’s this one spot I can’t reach, rich in the middle of my back. One time it got so bad, I let someone scratch it.”

“And so the good feelings make their way round the world.

“I work like a dog all day. When I get home, I fetch my own slippers.”

“If someone told me, ‘Sit!’ I wouldn’t do it. Even if they said, ‘I’ll give you a bone.”

“Every morning when I look in the mirror, I lick my own face because I am so happy to see me. I say, ‘good do. I am a good dog.”

“The little guy followed me home. I felt sorry for him. So I got a leash. How else am I supposed to led him around.”

“I like showing him things. ‘Look, look, look! That’s is a squirrel,’ I say. I taught him the stick game. I have him throw. I don’t know if he understands my all commands yet, but he’s leaning.”

“A series of kindly acts comes full circle in this heartwarming, yet never saccharine story.”

“Because Amelia smiles as she skips down the street, her neighbor Mrs Higgins smiles too, and decides to send some cookies to her grandson Lionel - in Mexico.”

“The book gives readers a comical peek into the life of man’s best friend. Our protagonist is a self-reliant canine...”