Story Time Sleuth Mugs

"I have no idea why Stuart Little’s mother is human — don’t overthink it."

Swan Fairy Tales

Hansel and Gretel Day School.

'Sue didn't watch soap operas all the time. She also reads books'

"Well did he?"

'The police is looking for a teenager who reads books... I bet they'll never solve this case!'

Where the Wild Things Summer

"And what's the story behind the story?"

'How come the rabbit didn't have good luck with the foot?'

''Rumplestiltskin' sounds like an ALIAS to me!'

Library. Story Hour. This fact-checking site says no cow has ever jumped over the moon.

"You want me to explain how there were two doughnuts in the larder and now there is only one? Easy, it was too dark in there to see the second one."

"Can you read me a bedtime story about ponies, next time?"

"It had an interesting emotional arc and some nice plot twists, but the heroine and subsidiary characters were unconvincing within the historical context."

". . . and they lived happily ever after. . . in an aspirational sort of way."

"Look, if it wasn’t me and it wasn’t you, who was doing all the snoring?!"

'Because he was the one who had to milk her. That's why Jack traded the cow for a handful of beans.'

Net Zero Superstitions

Egyptian Library: 'Every week you take out the same book, Anubis.'

''Rumplestiltskin' sounds like an ALIAS to me!'

Conflicting Reports

"Sorry, I'm running late, I had to change Junior's bed-sheets: he found a little blond girl asleep in his bed this morning!"

"Keep your shirt on. I'll read your book as soon as I'm done reading the monster his book."

"This mixture of herbs and spices will rid the casa of ghosts! I will send them fleeing into the night!"

I don't trust that guy.

'Oh dear. My husband looks suspicious.'

'Freddie, the Little Merger Mogul, didn't expect to have a monopoly right away...'

Noah falls asleep by counting animal pairs.

'You really got to him with your birds and bees chat - now he wants flying lessons!'

'The cow jumped over the Moon? -- What was SHE on?'

'It looks fishy to me.'

"Ancient times? Is that like when my grandmother was young?"

Reporter #2: plant.

Reporter at a crime scene.

"Put a bit more expression into it..." "We can't tell the difference between the elephant and the mouse!"