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    Home » Blog » Crafting

    29 Classic Children's Book Quotes

    Published: Mar 3, 2017 · Modified: Oct 10, 2021 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Want the best book quote to use for crafting something special for Read Across America week at your kids' school? Make a custom vinyl heat transfer for decorating a personalized t-shirt for them to wear for spirit week with these fantastic book quotes.

    Two girls show the backs of their DIY book quotes t-shirts.

    This week is Read Across America Week and the girls' school has been celebrating with daily spirit activities for the kids. Monday was "Wear a t-shirt your classmates can READ." and I was stumped.

    After the fact, I realized they probably meant something simple that just happened to have some sort of text on it. Since I am a terrible housekeeper crafting over achiever, I decided to make shirts with quotes from some of our favorite children's books using my Silhouette Cameo.

    The hardest part was choosing just the right quotes!

    I've been a collector of children's books since before we had kids and reading illustrated classics to the girls has been one of my very favorite things to do as a parent.

    While choosing the quotes, I considered:

    • Would it be fun to read?
    • Could each girl read her own shirt?
    • Is the quote short enough to create with the Silhouette?

    These were the winning selections.

    Jump to:
    • Best Classic Children's Books To Read
    • Make Your Own Book Quote T-Shirt
    • Supply List
    • The Best Children's Book Quotes
    • Harry Potter Quotes
    • Roald Dahl Quotes
    • Winnie the Pooh Quotes
    • The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Quotes
    • Alice in Wonderland Quotes
    • The Little Prince Quotes
    • Peter Pan Quotes
    • More Great Books to Read With Kids
    29 magical childrens book quotes for crafting projects

    Best Classic Children's Books To Read

    I'm super particular about the book editions I purchase for our family's library.

    After a ton of hunting, these are the specific versions of the books I recommend that inspired the book quotes on the list:

    1. Harry Potter, the ILLUSTRATED series. You can read my full review of them here.
    2. The BFG
    3. Matilda
    4. The Complete Winnie the Pooh
    5. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
    6. Alice in Wonderland
    7. The Little Prince
    8. Peter Pan

    Make Your Own Book Quote T-Shirt

    29 magical childrens book quotes for crafting projects

    I loved being able to personalize the quotes and designs for each girl's preferences.

    The Peanut got front & back quotes from Miss Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.

    Little Pea sported a pink Piglet colored t-shirt with precious quotes from Winnie the Pooh.

    I'm a little sad how hard it is to read the Peanut's shirt in this photo, but in person it was fantastic.

    I used sparkly rainbow glittered vinyl and it looks incredible in the right light.

    29 magical childrens book quotes for crafting projects

    Supply List

    To make a custom t-shirt for your child for reading week, here's what you need:

    1. Plain colored t-shirt: I bought ours from Walmart but Michael's has lots of options, too.
    2. Heat Transfer Vinyl: I used rainbow glitter on the purple shirt and white glitter on the pink shirt shown in the image above. You can find both varieties of heat transfer vinyl here.
    3. A Silhouette Cameo machine
    4. A weeding hook to remove the excess vinyl after you've made the quote cut
    5. An iron and an ironing board

    I simply typed in the quotes myself using the Silhouette software that comes with the machine. No fancy files or design work required.

    Are you new to Silhouette?
    You can read my full introduction to the machine right here.

    As for the quotes themselves, I am personally drawn towards all things Roald Dahl. Matilda and  The BFG are just chock full of fantastic gems and I count them as two of my most favorite books ever.

    I love this list of quotes because they are short enough to fit on a custom shirt.

    They should easily fit on a t-shirt or tote bag or any other Reading Week project you can dream up!

    Which one is your favorite?

    The Best Children's Book Quotes

    These are some of my favorite kids' book quotes from reading out loud to my children:

    Harry Potter Quotes

    Oh, HONESTLY! Don't you two read?! - Hermione Granger

    I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. - Hermione Granger

    A Hermione Granger quote from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. "Oh Honestly! Don't you two read?"

    Roald Dahl Quotes

    Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. - Roald Dahl

    If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books. - Roald Dahl

    The BFG Quotes

    Don't gobble funk around with words. - Roald Dahl

    Two rights don't equal a left. - Roald Dahl

    Matilda Quotes

    Don't worry about the bits you can't understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.- Roald Dahl

    Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books. - Roald Dahl

    The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. - Roald Dahl

    The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone. - Roald Dahl

    So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. - Roald Dahl

    A Roald Dahl quote: "Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

    Winnie the Pooh Quotes

    It is so much more friendly with two. - Piglet

    It is hard to be brave when you're only a Very Small Animal. - Piglet

    Whenever there comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever. - Winnie the Pooh

    The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Quotes

    Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. - C.S. Lewis

    They Open A Door And Enter A World.

    Once a King in Narnia, always a King in Narnia.

    'This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!' thought Lucy.

    Alice in Wonderland Quotes

    Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

    Curiouser and curiouser!

    Have I gone mad?
    I'm afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are.

    I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.

    The Little Prince Quotes

    The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

    All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

    A Peter Pan quote: "To live will be an awfully big adventure."

    Peter Pan Quotes

    To live will be an awfully big adventure.

    Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning.

    Never is an awfully long time.

    The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

    All children, except one, grow up.

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