Without family or homes, six amazing children are escaping for their life. Max Ride has the power to fly, as do her closest pals. And those are just the beginning of their incredible abilities. However, they are unsure of their origins, the identities of their pursuers, the reasons behind their differences from regular people, and if they are here to save or obliterate humanity.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?”
“Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
“The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.”
“Well, that’s an evil smile…”
“In the dictionary, next to the word stress, there is a picture of a midsize mutant stuck inside a dog crate, wondering if her destiny is to be killed or to save the world. Okay, not really. But there should be.”
The incredible original that launched a global hunt for Waldo! This special edition has tonnes of mind-blowing additions along with all the enjoyment of the original, making it ideal for the youngest Waldo hunters. Considering that Waldo is hidden in a different location in each scene, anyone who has previously located him will want to do it once more. Additionally, because they were all recently added to this special edition, readers can now search for Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw, and much more!
If a terrible accident hadn’t left Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee an orphan, he may have led a typical life. After spending eight years with his unhappy and rigid aunt and uncle, he makes the decision to flee—and not simply run away. The tale of Maniac Magee begins here as his astounding and legendary deeds transform the lives of a tiny village divided along ethnic lines.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: ‘Kid’s gotta be a maniac.”
“His smile was so wide he’d have had to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway”
“The blanket was there, but it was the boy’s embrace that covered and warmed him.”
“Amanda took the torn page from Maniac. To her, it was the broken wing of a bird, a pet out in the rain.”
“When somebody says or does something you like. Amen.”
Ivan is a laid-back ape. He is used to people viewing him through the glass walls of his realm at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade where he resides. Almost never does he miss his existence in the woods? He scarcely ever gives it any thought at all, in fact.
Ivan instead considers TV shows he has watched as well as his companions Stella, an old elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. However, Ivan’s main concerns are with art and how to use color and strategically placed lines to depict the flavor of a mango or the sound of falling leaves.
When he eventually meets Ruby, a young elephant who was kidnapped from her family, she gives Ivan a new perspective on their home and his own artwork. When Ruby shows there, things change, and it’s up to Ivan to make those changes positive. Ivan’s unique first-person narration in a tale of friendship, art, and hope is created by Katherine Applegate through a masterful blending of humour and tragedy.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Memories are precious … they help tell us who we are.”
“I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.”
“Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.”
“They think I’m too old to cause trouble.
Old age is a powerful disguise.”
“Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.”
Dr. Seuss is a children’s author who wrote and drew the book Oh, the Places You’ll Go! On January 22, 1990, Random House released the first edition. It was his final book to be released while he was still alive. The book is about the path of life, with its difficulties and rewards.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
“You’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So… get on your way!”
“You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.”
“Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”
“Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you”
A boy and his two dogs are known as Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann. They roamed Cherokee County’s gloomy hills and riverbeds as a devoted trio. Old Dan and Little Ann had the strength and intelligence, respectively, while Billy had the will to mold them into the best hunting team in the valley. They were about to experience triumph and glory, but sorrow also lay in wait. The unusual and magnificent force that can only be found nearby was also there. Where the Red Fern Grows is a thrilling story of romance and adventure that you won’t soon forget.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I buried Little Ann by the side of Old Dan. I knew that was where she wanted to be. I also buried a part of my life along with my dog.”
“It’s strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man’s mind for so many years. Yet those memories can be awakened and brought forth fresh and new, just by something you’ve seen, or something you’ve heard, or the sight of an old familiar face.”
“There is a little good in all evil.”
“What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan’s side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back to the porch, and snuggled up by his side.”
“With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I’d never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fern.”
Pooh Bear utilizes a balloon to obtain honey in Christopher Robin and his pals’ adventures, where we also meet Piglet meet a Heffalump, and Eeyore celebrating his birthday.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
Black Beauty is a young horse who is adored and content. However, his life abruptly changes when his owner is compelled to sell him. He has a lot of new owners, some of whom are kind and some of whom are vicious. He only needs someone to adore him once more. Black Beauty makes an effort to live as well as he can, whether he is pulling a luxurious carriage or a dilapidated taxi. This is his incredible tale as only he could convey it.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“It is good people who make good places.”
“If they strain me up tight, why, let ’em look out! I can’t bear it, and I won’t.”
“We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.”
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham – all a sham, James, and it won’t stand when things come to be turned inside out and put down for what they”
“My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.”
As the seasons change, Polar Bear and Cub discover the natural beauty of their Arctic habitat. Polar Bear reassures Cub along the way that their close link will last no matter what natural changes take place: snow accumulating in winter, flowers blossoming in spring, the air warming in summer, and the turning of the leaves in fall.
Ivan is a laid-back ape. He is used to people viewing him through the glass walls of his realm at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade where he resides. Almost never does he miss his existence in the woods? He scarcely ever gives it any thought at all, in fact.
Ivan instead considers TV shows he has watched as well as his companions Stella, an old elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. However, Ivan’s main concerns are with art and how to use color and strategically placed lines to depict the flavor of a mango or the sound of falling leaves.
When he eventually meets Ruby, a young elephant who was kidnapped from her family, she gives Ivan a new perspective on their home and his own artwork. When Ruby shows there, things change, and it’s up to Ivan to make those changes positive. Ivan’s unique first-person narration in a tale of friendship, art, and hope is created by Katherine Applegate through a masterful blending of humor and tragedy.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Memories are precious … they help tell us who we are.”
“I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.”
“Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.”
“They think I’m too old to cause trouble.
Old age is a powerful disguise.”
“Humans. Sometimes they make chimps look smart.”
Generations of readers have been drawn into the unique world of Green Gables, a traditional farm outside of the town of Avonlea, by this endearing tale. Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley is shocked to learn that the Cuthberts—elderly Matthew and his strict sister, Marilla—want to adopt a boy instead of a fiery redhead girl when she arrives in this lush region of Prince Edward Island. However, Anne thoroughly wins them over before they can send her back. She absolutely must have more room for her ideas and genuine home. The beloved classic Anne of Green Gables is a fantastic depiction of a period in time, a place, and a family. It addresses all the fragility, expectations, and dreams of a kid growing up. and love beyond anything else.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
“True friends are always together in spirit.”
“My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.”
Every child has thought of running away at some point, but few really succeed in doing so beyond the end of the block. Upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains are where young Sam Gribley continues after reaching the end of the block. With a hawk and a weasel as friends and his wits as his only means of survival, he builds himself a home in a massive tree that has been hollowed out there. Sam learns to survive off the land in a captivating, moving, and humorous story, and he also develops a little bit as a person. Hunting, blizzards, loneliness, and fear all try to persuade Sam to return to city life. His thirst for independence, adventure, and freedom, though, is stronger.
No readers will be exempt from the need to immediately start crafting fishhooks and making friends with raccoons.
My Side of the Mountain, a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and a Hans Christian Andersen Award Honor Book, was written by Jean Craighead George, an author of more than 80 children’s books, such as the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves. Surprisingly, she wrote the book’s sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, 30 years later. A decade later, she finished the trilogy with Frightful’s Mountain, which is narrated from the perspective of a falcon. George’s outdoor mental and spiritual journeys have undoubtedly influenced generations of young readers.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
“Fortunately, the sun has a wonderfully glorious habit of rising every morning”
“Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.”
“Hunger is a funny thing. It has a kind of intelligence of it’s own.”
“if he doesn’t want to come home, then we will bring home to him.’ And that’s why we are all here.”
Jess Aarons has been training all summer to be the fifth-grade student with the fastest running time. He almost succeeds, but Leslie Burke, a new student, outruns him. The two become good friends and spend most of their time in the woods behind Leslie’s house, where they create Terabithia, an imaginary world of magic. Leslie leaves for Terabithia one morning without Jess, and something terrible happens. For Jess to be able to cope with his sadness, he will need the support of his family and the courage Leslie has given him.
Many of Katherine Paterson’s other books, such as The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved, have also become classics of children’s literature. Bridge to Terabithia was also recognized as an ALA Notable Children’s Book.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“It’s like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”
“You have to believe it and you hate it. I don’t have to and I think it’s beautiful.”
“It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength. ”
“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”
“You never know ahead of time what something’s really going to be like.”