I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.' 'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.

I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.

We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done.

It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.

I think people make their own faces, as they grow.

Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.

I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.