Quotes from Chris Grabenstein

I am feeling sad and blue. I need to see some books! Books make me happy.

Kyle still had a shot. A long shot, but, hey, sometimes the

As Dr. Zinchenko informed you, I'd like to say a few brief words. Here they are: 'short,' 'memorandum,' and 'underpants.' And let us pause to remember the immortal words of Dr. Seuss: 'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.' Children?…

And let us pause to remember the immortal words of Dr. Seuss: 'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Warmly, because my air conditioner is broken, Luigi L. Lemoncello

You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win.

This is why I like real librarians. They're search engines with a heart" -Miguel

Like I said, some guys have a code they live by, some guys don't. John Ceepack? He has a code. Me? I'm working on it.

be in it to win it.

Kyle was busy helping Holmes figure out that the Red-Headed League was just a clever ploy pulled by some robbers to get a red-haired pawnbroker to leave his shop long enough for them to dig a tunnel from his basement to the bank next door when the librarian's voice jolted him out of London and brought

There's this thing about ghosts: Once you've seen one, you can basically see them all. At least the ones that want to be seen.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.'—Groucho Marx.

Yo, Kyle," said Miguel. "Exactly how many board games have you played?" "Enough to know that you don't ever quit until somebody else actually wins.

Billy's dad. His mom shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. Just relax, sweetheart. Lighten up. Go with the flow.

If you've never failed…," said Orville. "…you've never tried anything new

Playing off the NCAA basketball tournament's "March Madness" theme, Mr. Lemoncello declared the first Saturday in March "Library Lunacy Day.

As much as I love teamwork, for this game, you all need to fly solo, like Han in Star Wars, although he always had Chewbacca in the copilot seat. But that is neither here nor there, because it is in a galaxy far, far away. Play on, Olympians.

sometimes you learn more from losing than you do from winning. When you lose, you learn how to keep going.

Who knows, Walter? Maybe I can.

They reminded Kyle of a Greek god and goddess straight out of the Percy Jackson books. "Wow," said Miguel. "Do you think Rick Riordan's going to be here? That would be so awesome!

Everybody wants to be the man at the top. Not me. I'm happy in the middle. That's where the crowd is. And where there's a crowd, there's usually a party.

Because if something is fun, more of it gets done!" -Luigi Lemoncello

I have found that sometimes in the quest for knowledge, you must go backward before you can move forward" -Abia

Actually, it's a new word—one I invented and wrote down with my frindle!