Youthful Explorer Mugs

'Lost youth, next window down.'

"This place is okay, but it's nothing to text home about."

Driver being taught by impatient parent

'Something tells me we really haven't begun to live yet.'

"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!"

I'm Bored With Educational Toys

"Would you like some wings?"

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."

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

'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.'

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

Child driving a toy car

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.'

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Kids with Fish Balloons

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

Happy holidays for kids.

'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....'

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

Toy Boats And A Toy Ocean Liner

Baby Scientist

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

Mistaken baby ducks.

"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."

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

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

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

"Ah, to be young and foolish again."

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

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

'Did you know there's a river in Brazil named after Amazon?'