From Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods
“Twig sat on the floor between his mother’s knees, and curled his toes in the thick fleece of the tilder rug.”
“In the last days of Narnia, far up to the west beyond Lantern Waste and close beside the great waterfall, there lived an ape.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle
“Lucy Gringe found the last space on the dawn Port barge.”
From Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Darke
“Nicholas Vargas had imagined a panoply of terrible punishments his dad might impose after he’d stayed out all night with Jules and Laurie.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wyrm King
“It was a dull autumn day and Jill Pole was crying behind the gym.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
“Septimus Heap, ExtraOrdinary Apprentice, was woken up by his House Mouse leaving a note on his pillow.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Syren
“I have just returned from the school dance and lived to tell the tale.”
From Aaron Reynolds’ The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter: Narwhal I’m Around
“Nicholas Vargas had never been all that good at sports.”
Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: A Giant Problem
“This story begins within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse.”
From Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“Every morning, the sun comes up and turns the earth red, and I think: This could be the day when everything changes.”
From Ally Condie's Crossed
“Jannit Maarten, boatbuilder, was on her way to the Palace.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Queste
“Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and it has been told in another book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe how they had a remarkable adventure.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“My story starts with a dream.”
From Aaron Reynolds' The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
“Snorri Snorrelssen guided her trading barge up the quiet waters of the river toward the Castle.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Physik
First Sentence of a New World 