Hoot

"I've really cooked my goose now."

"Next time you've got a problem just tell me and then we'll sit down and talk about it like civilized human beings."

"All that matters is that you are alive."

The fox invites the stork for dinner, but serves food in a flat saucer, so the stork can't eat. The stork invites the fox to dinner, and for revenge serves food in a narrow-necked jar, so the fox can't eat.

Mr. Popper's Penguins

The principal's name is Mrs. Hiatt

"Here's where I want to travel to: ANYWHERE BUT HERE."

"I took their idea and made it my own."

It told, among other things, how to catch eels, how to cure deafness, and how to keep horses from having nightmares.

Girl Who Could Fly

In this book a character works on a puzzle of Colonel Charles Lindgergh and his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis

Moss and ferns, vines and orchids, hang from branches like the beards of wise old wizards.

"Come out into my garden where the air is fresh and the sun is bright and warm."

He wanted to be sure, and his caution was his undoing.

Sahara Special

This book has a picture of the eclectus parrot, common in New Guinea

So he decided to use every spare moment to learn all he could about everything he could. He would read. He would write. He would observe. He would try out new ideas.

"I tell this story to you because I think that same quality of honesty will get you far in life. Honesty isn't even really the right word. I think it's more like accountability."

This book contains a picture of a music stand and two people playing the flute.

Fables

This book contains a harpy eagle

"Health, money, love and time to enjoy it all!"

And today, after eighty-nine days of deprivation, I would finally satisfy my craving.