Youth Explorer Gifts

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

You'll be an old fart soon enough - just enjoy being a young fart while it lasts.

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

"Have you been on the moon again, young man?"

"Look Mommy, hat!"

"Would you like some wings?"

I'm Bored With Educational Toys

he tries to fly all the time but actually never gets airborne

"All I did this summer was go fishing, camping, bike riding, swimming, boating, and go the movies, carnivals, fairs, concerts and games. I'm bored."

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

Child driving a toy car

Only a penny! A sensible and ingenious toy for children.

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

October 11, 2009: History is made when 8-year-old Tommy Wurtner becomes the first child to enter space.

'The path to becoming an astronaut is rougher than I thought.'

'You know they've reached puberty when they're more interested in Dr. Ruth than Babe Ruth.'

Happy holidays for kids.

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Kids with Fish Balloons

"I don't care if you saw this in a western..."

The Mating Call of the Modern Youth

Toy Boats And A Toy Ocean Liner

Baby Scientist

One!

Mistaken baby ducks.

'I know he followed you home but you can't keep him.'

"Ah, to be young and foolish again."

"I've always wanted to live on a lake so I can go boating and fishing. Since we don't live on a lake, I thought I'd make my own."

"Why did I start the story with 'Twice upon a time?' Because it's a sequel."

"What would you recommend to hold a seven-year-old girl's attention in a car from East Seventy-eighth Street to Bridgehampton?"

'People have been known to lose an eye when a wink goes seriously wrong.'

First love.

"It's a 'pencil' - It's like a pen, except that it's made of wood!"

"If nothing else, school has prepared me for a lifetime of backpacking."

'You must all promise never to divulge what you are about to see.'