Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall? The Once-ler: Uh, down? The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.

It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.