Story Time Supporter Gifts

"... And they all lived appley-ever-after."

'Couldn't Peter claim Mr. McGregor's garden was an 'attractive nuisance?'

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

Swan Fairy Tales

The Poky Little Pupa.

Little Princess.

"No sweetie, it’s a beurk not a book."

'First the dinosaurs, now this...'

'Put some feeling into it. I can't tell the difference between the lion and the mouse.'

Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

"The bear whose porridge was too hot...did he sue?"

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

"Customers who bought 'The Three Little Pigs' also bought...."

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

'Tell us the story of Moses again -- I like the chase scene!'

'Is this one of those deals where the names have been changed to protect the innocent?'

"Go figure: nobody wanted to kiss me when I was an ugly prince, but now, somehow, pretty girls are lining up!"

"Oh,oh - here comes quality time again."

"Let's see. Seuss... Seuss... Here we go. That's a medium box of bagels and lox and a pop on the rocks by seven o' clock."

Hansel and Gretel Day School.

"Mommy usually reads me a story, then slips me a twenty."

'We're out of water, Jack. Time to go back up the hill to fetch a pail.'

'Come on, girl! I know you can do it! Jump over the moon!'

"Is this fiction, non-fiction or historical fiction?"

'I wonder how Curious George fits into all this?'

"After I fix your laptop, can I have a bedtime story?"

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

"What you find 'boring' spies from all over the world would find extremely interesting."

'Moses parted the water so the Isrealites could go across? You mean in the mud?'

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

I don't want a story that helps kids make sense of the world – I want a world that lets kids just enjoy a nonsense story.

Bedtime in Ancient Greece

'Bedtime stories at the Browns'.'

"Well, I assume the three bears went in the woods like all bears do. May I continue?"

'It doesn't say what she had for dessert on Thanksgiving. It just says she made a coach out of her pumpkin.'