The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters

"Once upon a bicycle,
So they say,
A Jolly Postman came one day
From over the hills
And far away...
With a letter for the Three Bears"

The Puppy Sister

"'I didn't say I wanted a dog.  I said a brother or sister might have been nice.'  That's the first thing I can remember Nick saying.  Nick doesn't remember coming home from the hospital when he was born, but I remember coming home from the farm.  That is the first happening I can remember, coming home.  And Nick's first words."

Diary of a Worm

"March 29
Today I tried to teach Spider how to dig.  First of all his legs got stuck.  Then he swallowed a bunch of dirt. Tomorrow he's going to teach me to walk upside down.

March 30
Worms cannot walk upside down."

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

"Across as an ocean, over lots of huge bumpy mountains, across three hot deserts and one smaller ocean there lay the town of Chewandswallow."

"After a brief shower of orange juice, low clouds of sunny-side up eggs moved in followed by pieces of toast. Butter and jelly sprinkled down for the toast. And most of the time it rained milk afterwards."

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

"And then what? What will happen when he announces that there's a group of civilized rats roaming loose - rats that can read, and think, and figure things out?' I said: 'Let's wait until we're free before we worry about that.' But Jenner was right. It was a thing to worry about, and maybe still is."

"I'm Timothy's mother. If you, and Arthur, and others in your group can take risks to save him, surely I can too."