"A seed is wonderful. It grows. Something comes out of the ground. A green stem comes out. Little leaves get bigger."
Seeds and More Seeds, Millicent E. Selsam, 1959.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I speak quietly,I do not sing,I whisper, for beautyis a fragile thing.""Marigolds," Everything Glistens and
Everything Sings, Charlotte Zolotow, 1987.
Thoughtful Sunday
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Nothing is always."
The Girl Who Loved the Wind, Jane Yolen, 1972.
Thoughtful Sunday
"That morning I walked to school looking down at all the different colored pieces of cloth in my coat. All the stories the Quilting Mothers had told me about the rags and who they belonged to, I knew by heart. I had ended up choosing the most worn pieces for my coat because the best stories went with them."
The Rag Coat, Lauren Mills, 1991. (This is an excellent book. I have read this book aloud many times at home and at the elementary school and still can not read it aloud without crying.)
Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day
Thoughtful Sunday
"He could tell by the way the animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to."
Waterless Mountain, Laura Adams Armer, 1931.
Thoughtful Sunday
"It's nearly as difficult to stay beautiful as it is to become so."
The Wonderful Farm, Marcel Ayme, 1951.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Such long, blue, sunny days they were, too, and, as happens in northern places where seasons are short, all the flowers seemed to be trying to bloom at once."
Hitty Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field, 1929
Thoughtful Sunday
(Photo by P)
"A dream is to look at the night and see things"
A Hole is to Dig, Ruth Krauss, 1952.
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Nature need not be improved upon,' she used to say..."
Hitty Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field, 1929
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Spring, Spring, Spring!' sang the frog.'Spring!' said the groundhog.'Spring, Spring, Spring!' sang the robin.It was Spring."
Home for a Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, 1961.
Thoughtful Sunday
"There was nothing but pie. But there were all nine kinds of pie that Harold liked best. When Harold finished his picnic there was quite a lot left. He hated to see so much delicious pie go to waste. So Harold left a very hungry moose and a deserving porcupine to finish it up."
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, 1955.
Thoughtful Sunday
"A good detective is always in demand."
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Hidden Staircase, Carolyn Keene, 1930.
Thoughtful Sunday
"If you cannot be satisfied with what you have, you must learn to be satisfied with what you haven't."
Further Tales of Mr. Pengachoosa, Caroline Rush, 1967.
Thoughtful Sunday
"That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs."
Anne of Avonelea, Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1909.
Thoughtful Sunday
It doesn't matter at all if my home's big or small,
If it's brown or yellow or white,
It doesn't matter at all if it's narrow or tall,
Or if it is pretty or bright.
It doesn't matter at all if my home's on a hill,
Or down by the deep blue sea-
As long as it's filled with people I love,
And people who also love me.
My Home, Renee Bartkowski, 1971.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I like stripes on zebras,Flowers on rugs,Polka-dots on lady bugs,Marble full of wiggly streaks,Speckled stones you find in creeks,Insides of shells, all wavy-pearly,The way the sky looks very early."
Colors Are Nice, Adelaide Holl, 1979.
Thoughtful Sunday
"The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same."
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry, 1989.
Thoughtful Sunday
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, 1952.
