children illustrations Quotes

“But I’m all bones,′ Little Fish cried. ‘Quiet! I’m trying to read this cookbook,’ Bid Cat said. Big Cat said, ‘Hmm... boiled...baked.. creamed with almonds... Here it is! Fried fish with pickles, mayonnaise, banana tips, ketchup and mustard. I’m starved.”

“Henrietta herself is a spunky, likeable young bird. The pen and ink line drawings by illustrator Kathi Bhend are divine and she brings the words to life in a very appealing way.”

“Now Pelle had a little lamb for his very own. He cared for him and played with him and fed him very day.”

“Meanwhile, deep in the forest sat a big brown furry bear, eating berries. He was sad and gloomy because he didn’t have anyone to play with. The long-eared hare ran by. ‘Hmm, I’ve got an idea how to escape from that dog,’ the hare thought. And he hid behind the big bear.”

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

“They wash their clothes in the lake and dry them over a fire—but fires are hard to control...”

“Ruby caught him. ‘Max’, said Ruby, ′ can’t you read what the sign says?′ ‘No’, said Max. Ruby read h im the sign out loud three times.”

“Ruby made Max sit in her chair. ‘Max, I’m going to ready you a story about sneaking and peeking. Are you read, Max?’ said Ruby. ‘Yes,’ said Max. ‘Then, listen up,’ said Ruby.”

“Now you are nice and clean!”

“He likes to feel clean. Papa Bear comes in. ‘Time to dry off, Little Brown Bear,’ he says. ‘Now you are nice and clean!”

“Little Brown Bear rubs soap on his hands and washes himself.”

“Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish run away with the spoon.”

“The wolf huffed, and he puffed. But not matter how much he puffed and huffed, he could not blow it down. So he climbed to the roof...”

“Of course it wasn’t the planks that Tom was nailing down! It was the barrels! But the pirated inside each barrel though it was the planks...until it came to their turn to be trapped.. and then it was too late”

“Tom had arrived in time to hear Jake outlining his plan to seize the ship...but he kept well out of sight so none of the ruffians realised that they had been overheard.”

“Next morning, Tom the cabin boy arrived in the Captain’s cabin with his early morning tea. ‘Wakey-wakey, Cap’n,’ he cried. ‘Come on! Wake UP! It’s your birthday today.”

“Let’s go back, Celestine. It’s too cold. Ernest, I’ve lost Gideon. It’s too dark, Celestine. We’ll never find him now.”

“Joy in nature! The awakening of flowers and insects in the spring! And the little root children, busily helping everything along. A gentle story.”

“it’s because of the tea Liza gave me.′ He chuckled. ‘Why, I am not just a snowman, I m a glowman!’ Then he thought, ‘A glowing nab us a going man, so I must go.”

“Then I go to the House Phones and make several calls to see if anybody’s in. The Bell Captain knows who I am.”

“I live on the top floor. Of course I am apt to be on any floor at any time. And if I want to go anywhere I simply take the elevator. For instance if I happen to be on the second floor I just press the button until it comes up..”

“I have a dog that looks like a cat. His name is Weenie. Sometimes I put sunglasses on him. I have a turtle. His name is Skipperdee. He eats raisins and wears sneakers. The Plaza is the only hotel in New York that will allow you to have a turtle.”

“I am a city child. I live in a hotel on the tippy-top floor. This is Philip. He is my tutor. He is no fun.”

“What is five plus six?′ says Philip. ‘Five plus six is the same as six plus five,’ I say.”

“Nanny says, ‘Math time is nearly over. ‘Time to finish up, up, up.’ Philip says, ‘Eloise’. I say, ‘Philip.”