Cat, you ruined mom's dress!" "Honey, it was ruined when she bought it.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!

It is fun to have fun.

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.

Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.