Lee Bennett Hopkins Quotes

“Come_read about these mighty creatures: some are silly, some are mild, some are gentle, some are wild. Come_ read about these beasts of yore in this wondrous world of Dinosaur.”

“Hurt no living thing: ladybug not butterfly. Nor moth with dusty wing, not cricket chirping cheerily, nor grasshopper so light of leap, nor dancing gnat, not beetle fat, nor harmless worms that creep.”

“A collection of more than twenty humorous poems about dinosaurs.”

“Did dinosaurs talk? Did their scales fell off? Did their big feet stink? Where their tummies pink? Did they ever blow their noses? Was there dirt between their toeses? Did dinosaurs play? Do you think their mothers make them brush their teeth every day? NO WAY!”

“Clothes for every dinosaur. No matter shape or size. We have a wide selection. You won’t believe your eyes. Shirts with room for spikes. Pants with holes for tales. Brontosaurus turtlenecks. They’re all on sale!

″ I wonder if dinosaurs took P.E. And went on field trip hikes. And learned to add in algebra. By counting on their spikes. Did they practice penmanship and learn to write haiku? Did dinos have to go to school the way we humans do?”

“Jerry has freckles, peppered like spice. A Jerry has a pony I rode on twice. I think freckles are awfully nice.”

“What do caterpillars do? Nothing much but chew and chew. What do caterpillars know? Nothing much but how to grow. They just cat what by and by will make them a butterfly. But that is more than I can do however much I chew and chew.”

“Bees in the late summer sun, drone their song of yellow moons. Trimming black velvet, droning, droning a sleepysong. Honeybees are very tricky_ honey doesn’t make them sticky.”

“I am Saltopus. I am nasty and I’m mean. My teeth are sharp as daggers. My legs are strong and lean. I dine on luscious lizards, bugs are tasty snack. I am a mighty hunter_ and I’m ready to attack.”

“I’m a little Pterosaur. Watch me spread my wings and soar. Feather-light, I float and glide. I’m better than an airplane ride.”

“A dino with a lumpy tail was good a hitting pitches. The dino swung, the bat went crack_the baseball needed stitches. ”

“Kitten, my kitten, soft and dear, I am so glad that we are here sitting together Just us two you loving me and me loving you.”

“Wasps like coffee, Syrup, tea, coca-cola, butter, me. I am very fond of bugs, I kiss the, and I give them hugs.”

“A horn’s a handy thing to have. And three is even better. I always have a place to hang. My muffler and my sweater.”

“When I grow up, I plan to keep eleven cats, and let them sleep on any bedspread that they wish, and feed them people’s tuna fish.”

“Go pet a kitten, pet a dog, go pet a worm for practice, but don’t go to pet a porcupine....You want to be a cactus?”

“Hamsters are the nicest things that anyone could own. I like them even better than some dogs that I have known. Their fur is soft, their faces nice. They’re small when they are grown. And they sit inside your pocket when you are all alone.”

“My dog didn’t bark at anything _ a cat, a bird, a piece of string, a siren or a silly toad, a pick-up truck along the road, a fence, a bone, a chewed-up shoe _ he barked because he wanted to.”

“The Duckbill dino’s pointy head was like a built-in flute. He did not talk. He did not growl. He just went: ‘TOOT!’ ‘TOOT!’ ‘TOOT!”