Christopher Grabenstein
Christopher Grabenstein is an American author. He published his first novel in 2005. Since then he has written novels for both adults and children, the latter often with frequent collaborator James Patterson. (Chris Grabenstein Quotes)
“A library doesn’t need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even dreamed possible” -Dr. Zinchencko”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“A library is an arsenal of liberty.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
“An open book is an open mind” -Charles Chiltington”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“And for the first time in his life, Kyle Keeley wanted to check out a library book more than anything in the world.”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“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.”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“And you can take that to the hoop!” said Michael Jordan as a basketball net appeared on the keystone of the arch leading into the rotunda. Jordan took two giant strides as an arena full of cheering fans and a play-by-play announcer’s excited voice roared out of the ceiling speakers.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“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.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
“Be careful. That light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncoming train.”
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Word of Mouse
“Because, my dear friends, these twelve children have lived their entire lives without a public library. As a result, they have no idea how extraordinarily useful, helpful, and funful – a word I recently invented – a library can be. This is their chance to discover that a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!” -Mr. Lemoncello”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Being a math nerd led to those girl problems I told you about.”
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe
“Billy was frantically hanging on as Poseidon used the middle tip of his trident to nudge him toward the island.”
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The Island of Dr. Libris
“Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
“But take care, or I may cut those tongues from thy throats for thee.” Ouch, thought Billy. That’ll hurt.”
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The Island of Dr. Libris
“But then he’d have to tell her he’d disobeyed her orders (again) and dragged Emma down to the Imperial Marquis (again) to mooch a free gourmet meal off the hotel staff (again).” (Chris Grabenstein Quotes)
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe
“Chiltington was a snake. Worse. A garden slug. Maybe a leech. Something oily and slimy that left a greasy trail and liked to mooch off other people’s ideas.”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Even the smallest among us have the potential to add a gigantic amount of energy to this world. And if you don’t believe that, first thing tomorrow morning, just look in the mirror.”
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The Genius Experiment
“God gave us the acorns, but He doesn’t crack them open for us.” —Isaiah”
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Word of Mouse
“I am feeling sad and blue. I need to see some books! Books make me happy.”
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Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket
“I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying!”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“I have found that sometimes in the quest for knowledge, you must go backward before you can move forward” -Abia”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“If we are to help save the human race, we must first recognize the humanity in all, no matter their station in life.”
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The Genius Experiment
“If you quit once, it becomes a habit. Never quit!”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
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The Genius Experiment
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“Knowledge not shared remains unknown”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.”
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game
“No matter the temperature, home is always colder when there’s no family to share it with.”
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Word of Mouse
“Our brightest blazes are often kindled by unexpected sparks.” —Isaiah”
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Word of Mouse
“Public opinion can often be swayed by emotion with little regard for facts. If the story is fascinating enough, facts may not matter to those hearing it” -Mr. Khatchadourian”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“She didn’t have a snowball’s chance in a microwave oven of being the “chosen one.”
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The Genius Experiment
“Some people refuse to accept the limits given to them by others.”
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The Island of Dr. Libris
“Sometimes knowing how to find the answers and what questions to ask are more important than the answers themselves.” – Mr. Lemoncello”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“Sometimes you learn more from losing than you do from winning. When you lose, you learn how to keep going.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game
“That’s what engineering is all about, folks. Turning dreams into reality!”
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Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket
“The first elimination round I like to call ‘the elimination round,’ because it is the round in which players will be eliminated.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“The future belongs to the puzzle solvers.”
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Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“This is why I like real librarians. They’re search engines with a heart” -Miguel”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
“Tonight, we light the symbolic flashlight of under-the-covers reading to celebrate those page-turners we can never put down, even on a school night. I am assured that our Olympic torch will never reach a temperature of Fahrenheit four fifty-one, something the Lorax, the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe were all quite happy to hear.”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
“Using a library can make learning about anything (and everything) fun,” he wrote. “When you’re in a library, researching a topic, you’re on a scavenger hunt, looking for clues and prizes in books instead of your attic or backyard.” (Chris Grabenstein Quotes)
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Walter the Farting Dog.” The six geese spun around and farted, their tail feathers flipping up in sync with the noisy blasts. “Excellent. End story time.” The geese slumped”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Waves kept pounding against the door. The water definitely wanted me to let it in.”
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Treasure Hunters
“We were supposed to write why we’re excited about the grand opening and, well, balloons are always my favorite part.”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“What can I do to defeat him, Billy of the goats that are gruff?”
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The Island of Dr. Libris
“You have to stand for something, otherwise you’ll spend your whole life on your b*tt.” —Isaiah”
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Word of Mouse
“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.”
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’ ”
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Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game
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