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Quote of the Day – Everything on a Waffle

September 12, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"I got the feeling that Miss Honeycut didn't even know what issues she was talking about—that she just liked using the word "issues" and would use it whenever she could slip it into conversation. Certain people do get attached to certain words this way. I kind of liked "solarim" myself although it did not lend itself to such easy usage." —EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE by Polly Horvath

—Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

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Quote of the Day – Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

August 22, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"You took what you had and you took what you knew and what you felt and what you guessed and you mixed them all together, and remembered to look out the window and listen to the birds sing while you were doing it. Plus, it didn't hurt to count your blessings while you were beating the batter. Louise thought this might be the recipe for the whole world." —WISHES, KISSES, AND PIGS by Betsy Hearne

—Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Hearne

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Quote of the Day – The Cat Who Went to Heaven

July 11, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"Sometimes the painting came easy, sometimes it came hard; sometimes the artist was pleased with what he had done, sometimes he was disgusted." —THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN by Elizabeth Coatsworth

—The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Quote of the Day – The Cat Who Went to Heaven

June 13, 2022June 7, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"Sometimes the painting came easy, sometimes it came hard; sometimes the artist was pleased with what he had done, sometimes he was disguisted." —THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN by Elizabeth Coatsworth

—The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Quote of the Day – The Cat Who Went to Heaven

May 23, 2022May 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

—The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Quote of the Day – Serafina and the Black Cloak

April 25, 2022January 13, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

“The God’s-honest truth was that she didn’t even know what a friend was, other than what she’d read in books. If you meet someone face-to-face and they don’t hiss at you and bite you, does that mean you’re friends?” –SERAFINA AND THE BLACK CLOAK by Robert Beatty

—Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

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Quote of the Day – Keeper

April 11, 2022January 13, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

“Wishes. Before today, Keeper had made plenty of wishes, like wishes on falling stars and wishes on rainbows and wishes on wishbones, all kinds of small wishes, like for Hershey’s Kisses with almonds and tie-dyed shoelaces. But now she needed a big wish, a giant wish.” –KEEPER by Kathi Appelt

—Keeper by Kathi Appelt

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Quote of the Day – The Great Cake Mystery

March 28, 2022January 13, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

“All of us worry about what other people think, even if we do not have to. It was easy to tell somebody to ignore that sort of thing; it was much harder to put such advice into practice.” –THE GREAT CAKE MYSTERY by Alexander McCall Smith

—The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith

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Quote of the Day – Serafina and the Black Cloak

March 14, 2022January 13, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

—Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

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Quote of the Day – Finding Serendipity

February 28, 2022January 13, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

“Rummaging in the compartments of her school bag, she found two coins, one gold and one silver. Although the gold one was bigger, and worth more, Tuesday felt certain that it was the silver one she should use. Wishes were silvery things. Maybe because wishes rhymed with fishes.” –FINDING SERENDIPITY by Angelica Banks

—Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks

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