Mac Barnett > Quotes

“He checked out his surrounding. More books. A drinking fountain. A poster showing a guy slam-dunking a basketball with one hand and holding a book in the other, urging kids to READ! Weird, thought Steve. How can he even see the hoop?

...

You see, Steven, Librarians are the most elite, best trained secret force in the United States of America. Probably in the world."
"No way."
"Yes way."
"What about the FBI?"
"Featherweights."
"The CIA?"
Mackintosh snorted. "Don't make me laugh. Those guys can't even dunk a basketball andd read a book at the same time.”
― Mac Barnett, The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity

“Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat.”
― Mac Barnett, The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity

“Dear Mom,
I won't be home this weekend because I'm wanted for treason and I have to clear my name. Also, I took the last Sprite from the fridge.
Love, Steve”
― Mac Barnett, The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity

“I may have been swallowed, said the duck, but I have no intention of being eaten.”
― Mac Barnett, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

“Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.”
― Mac Barnett, The Ghostwriter Secret

“A clue! From M!"
"Who's M?"
"Maybe M is for Mackintosh! Maybe Grabes ans Mackintosh are in cahoots!"
"Or maybe M is for Mom. Also, who says 'cahoots'?”
― Mac Barnett

“This was so unfunny, Steve had to laugh.”
― Mac Barnett, The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity

“Dana was what Steve called a "silent partner" in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn't carry a business card, that his name didn't appear on the company letterhead, and he wanted nothing to do with the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency.”
― Mac Barnett, The Ghostwriter Secret

“I live well! I may have been swallowed, but I have no intention of being eaten.”
― Mac Barnett, The Wolf The Duck & The Mouse

“There are patterns in a life, and patterns in a story, but in real lives and good stories the patterns are hard to see... But sometimes you find a book that feels as strange as life does. These books feel true. These books are important.”
― Mac Barnett, The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

“Summertime is here again. School principals are free. The birds are singing in the trees And so are the school principals. Not in the trees, but on the ground. School principals cannot fly.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Go Wild

“There is a considerable difference between believing something is rubbish and believing it should not exist," said the Queen. "Remember that.”
― Mac Barnett

“realize this picture, rendered only in black ink, will not help you decide for yourself whether Bob’s cow is blue. Sadly, we cannot afford to print these books in color. Still, we hope you enjoyed the illustration. That’s a very good-looking cow!”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two's Last Laugh

“WELCOME TO YAWNEE VALLEY, an idyllic place with rolling green hills that slope down to creeks, and cows as far as the eye can see. There’s one now.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“He smelled like an animal. It was the first time Miles had touched a cow.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“Leave it to Niles Sparks to prank his pranking partner in the middle of a prank.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Get Worse

“It's nice," said the mouse.
"It's home," said the duck.
"You live here?"
"I live well! I may have been swallowed, but I have no intention of being eaten.”
― Mac Barnett, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

“No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“LUNCH,”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“pedaled through the pasture. But some were moving in the”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“be present at any more of these meetings than I had to be.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Get Worse

“sausage”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Go Wild

“flowers had grown right in front of where the students normally stood for the all-school photograph.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Get Worse

“A lot of children's books published are propaganda for adulthood. They're prosocial messages masquerading as stories, designed to promote good behavior, glorifying grown-ups, and get kids to sleep on time. These books get praised for their educational value or positive moral messages, but they fail to provide any kind of real literacy experience for children. Instead their value is to the adults who buy them and who find themselves flattered, and their rules reinforced, in the books' pages.”
― Mac Barnett, Make Believe

“Principal Barkin taking a bubble bath.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“Underneath the picnic table was something he’d somehow missed.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“The Terrible Twos is what you call toddlers,” said Miles.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Get Worse

“But Miles could not smile, because he was unhappy about moving to Yawnee Valley.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two

“people”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Go Wild

“respectful. Sure, his hair might be a little mussed for Principal Barkin’s liking. And those T-shirts. Principal Barkin wasn’t sure about those T-shirts.”
― Mac Barnett, The Terrible Two Get Worse