Best Opening Lines for Children’s Books

"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day."

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"All children, except one, grow up."

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"Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong."

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"Most motorcars are conglomerations (this is a long word for bundles) of steel and wire and rubber and plastic."

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“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

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"Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy."

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"The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him 'WILD THING!'

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"Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs. Or at least they think they do."

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"It was so glorious out in the country; it was summer; the cornfields were yellow, the oats were green."

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Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

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