“Sir, Ive known him ever since he was born! Weve played snowball, and built snow-houses together, which are called igloos, and once, when one of Santas reindeer was sick on Christmas Eve, Snow Bear ...”

“Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination,ignite in the brilliance of our minds,and are wrought in the work of our hands" -”

“A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become our constant companions for the rest of our lives.”

“How insightful of Finland to devise a topic-based curriculum in their schools! This means that dicreet "subjects" that are taught may cross-fertilise each other, and the possibilities in this are a...”

“The Art of Writing for Children is the knowledge of what is significant to them”

“Books are a portable kind of time travel. We go back as well as forward when we read them. When we come back into the now, after being immersed in worlds previously unknown to us, we find ourselves...”

“Even the Middle Ages, which condemned and punished animals in due form, was in this way much closer to them than we are. They held them to be guilty: which was a way of honoring them. We take them ...”

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“Names have a great influence on the destiny of the person, who bears the name”

“A teddy bear will give you love.A grizzly bear will give you a mauling.Some bears aren't just the same.”

“The morning was bright and propitious. Before their departure, mass had been said in the chapel, and the protection of St. Ignatius invoked against all contingent evils, but especially against bear...”