Chalk Art Enthusiast Gifts

"I beg you -- please hold your applause!"

'But I digress...'

"Mother, I think I'm good enough to exhibit on the living room walls now."

"I try to write a little bit every day."

"Draw your own path."

'You just don't know when to stop, do you?'

'If your calculations are correct, this completely revolutionizes everything we thought we knew about why chalk squeaks on a blackboard!'

"Mom, will you help me take down my drawings? I'm selling my catalog."

"I sincerely hope you learned a lesson this time, Mark. Drawing cartoons on your homework will get you nowhere in life."

"I love your work!"

''Now we're the only yard in the block with a blue apple tree!'

KAWAII T'AI CHI

'There's no delete key. You have to use the board eraser.'

'Can I hand in my report tomorrow. Ms. D'Amato? I haven't finished reading the book. I've been too busy coloring it.'

"I've thought about what you said, about how plate tectonics will kill us all!"

"If you think it's tough at this level, kid, wait until you get into calculus."

"Now that I've made that perfectly clear..."

Professor Swizzlestix explains his point....

The History Teacher

"This is kindergarten, Mason. You can think outside the box, but you'd better color between the lines."

"I enjoy books a lot more now that I can consistently color inside the lines."

I will not waste chalk kid...

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

'Who else have I written for? Ridge Park Avenue, 7th Street, Elm Road, Thornwood Drive...'

'Charles Darwin explains how he came up with the phrase 'Well I'll be a monkey's uncle'.'

"I understand it all started when he ordered extra toppings on a pizza."

'Is it ‘there's method to my madness' or ‘there's madness to my method?' I always confuse the two.'

Jackson Pollock's short-lived career as a kid's party face painter.

"Do you want to sign this legislation now Senator, or wait till you finish coloring Goofy's silly pants?"

'It's just a first draft.'

"I'm sorry, Sam, but all of this doesn't add up to a hill of beans."

I will not waste chalk

'I'll do your taxes for you, daddy, if you'll color these silly homework pictures for me.'

'...And now a word from our sponsors...'

"Look, mom! I'm learning to color between the lines!"