Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even find out his name
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though...
I am sort of medium...I guess you could call me the mediumest boy in the class. -Leigh Botts
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
I am not a pest, Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
Beezus
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house they want places to play.
She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.
Mother— began Ramona, leaning out into the hall. Mother paid no attention to her. I just don’t see what we can
He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.
He seemed grown-up, compared to the boys at school, and although he was not handsome, or even particularly good-looking—there were still some scars on his face from the skin trouble he had when he was...
Girl Snouts. We are not, contradicted Sarah. We’re Girl Scouts. Hup, two, three, four. Hup, two, three, four, counted Mrs. Collins, who was the jolly type and did not understand how parents sometimes...
At first guests were amused by
Glowered. All right, he said, and raised his voice to a yell.
Miss Radar Feet.
Love isn’t like a cup of sugar that gets used up,
And now I’m going to find out how to get a library started.
Reprimand. In her class she once informed us that any girl who wore red was asking for anything she got. Of course word spread throughout Chaffey. The next day every girl who owned a red dress, skirt,...
Perfectly all right with me.
Davenport