Carol Seeger "Siggy" Kendall was an American writer of children's books. She has received the Newbery Honor, Ohioana award, Parents choice award, and the Mythopoeic Society Aslan award.
“It's a lot easier to like people when they can't make life miserable for you anymore.”
“The turtle whose headIs within his shellThinks the world outsideIs going well.”
“You never can tellFrom a Minnipin's hideWhat color he isDown deep inside.”
“From out of the ThenAnd into the Now,From the There to the HereCome the Why and the How.”
“Where there's fire, there's smoke.”
“One wood mouse can nibble a large hole.”
“The best thing to do with a bad smell is to get rid of it.”
“It is easier to lure a fish than to hit it over the head with a club.”
“The only good mushroom is a cooked mushroom.”
“A net across the Little Trickle won't catch fish in the Watercress River.”
“A turtle should take fright at the sound of a boiling pot.”
“No matter where There is, when you arrive it becomes Here.”
“When something happens, something else always happens.”
“When you say what you think, be sure to think what you say.”
“If you don't look for Trouble, how can you know it's there?”
“Trout made into fish cakes is still trout.”