There was pie on the table when Tugs returned. Pie in the Button family meant trouble.
Anne YlvisakerTag: humor middle-grade
Tugs was surprised to find that the cake was actually pretty dry and not as good as the cakes her own mother made. It was a revelation. Tugs had assumed that tastier food came out of fancier houses.
Anne YlvisakerTag: humor thoughtful middle-grade
Tugs used to think that everyone's name was in the dictionary, and when she had realized it was only hers, both Tugs and Button, she felt suddenly fond and possessive of it, as if this book were put here for her guidance alone.
Anne YlvisakerTag: humor names middle-grade dictionaries
The dictionary says progress means moving forward. Herbert Hoover was just a boy in Iowa. Then he lived all over the world helping solve problems. Now he is president of the United States. That is progress. And Iowas is part of progress. So I am part of progress. - Tugs Button
Anne YlvisakerTugs had felt a sense of possibility today as she made that small speech, and there had to be a way to get that feeling back.
Anne YlvisakerSome people have a lucky rabbit's good, or a lucky coin, but here in Goodhue, we have a lucky Button. Tugs Button.
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