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“Anyone who has read a great deal can imagine the new world that [reading] opened.”
― Malcom X

“…this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.”
― Jerry Pinkney

“She then gave a swift demonstration with backflips and butterfly kicks. The wolf looked quite shaken, but hollered, “Yo Bacon, I’m not at all scared of your tricks.”
― Corey Rosen Schwartz

“They devoted themselves to their training
till each proudly earned a degree.
Three pigs full of mojo
then ran their own dojo,
and life was forever wolf-free.”
― Corey Rosen Schwartz, The Three Ninja Pigs

“Life might have its failures, but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit.”
― Andrea Beaty, Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers

“Running records capture what young readers say and do while reading continuous text, usually short stories or books. Having taken the record teachers can review what happened immediately, leading to teaching decisions on the spot, or at a later time as they plan for next lessons.”
― Marie Clay

“But there was something magical about my idea. I had to admit, I felt better and happier when it was around.”
― Kobi Yamada, What Do You Do With an Idea?

“So rather than waiting...he did the imaginable.”
― Dan Santat, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

“Nubs cried as he chased them across the cold, coarse sand. Because of his wound, he could not keep up. He dropped to the ground, exhausted and completely alone.”
― Brian Dennis, Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

“Nubs finally felt warm again”
― Brian Dennis, Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

“A cry
drifted along Walnut Street,
more mournful than any tears.
It rode a puff of breeze
into the bedroom
where Mark lay,
holding himself awake.
Bark! Bark! Bark!
A-wooooo-ooo-ooo!
Bark! Bark!
Awooo!

Mark popped up like a jack-in-the-box.

The cry came again,
thin and clear.
It sounded exactly like,
“Mark, Mark Mark.
I need yoooo-ooo-oou!”

Surely he was imagining things.”
― Marion Dane Bauer, Little Dog, Lost