Need wedding reading ideas from classic children's books! Or even Terry Pratchett- any fans out there?

This is Pratchett (nicked it from another website!):

"And then it arose and struck Vimes that, in her own special catagory, she quite beautiful; this was the category of all the women, in his entire life, who had ever thought he worth smiling at. She couldn't do worse, but then, he couldn't do better. So maybe it balanced out. She wasn't getting any younger but then, who was? And she had style and money and common sense and self-assurance and all the things he didn't, and she had opened her heart, and if you let her she could engulf you; the woman was a city.
And Eventually, under siege, you did what Ankh-Morpork had always done - unbar the gates, let the conquerors in and make them your own."

...and this...

“Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. Therefore, he understood, there is, in truth, no Past, only a memory of the Past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.”

This is from Pooh!

Perfect for a modern take on the traditional Wedding or Civil Union Reading, this excerpt from A.A. Milne's 'Now We Are Six' is all about sticking together what ever the weather.

from Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne (****)

Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,There's always Pooh and Me.Whatever I do, he wants to do,"Where are you going today?" says Pooh..."Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too."Let's go together," says Pooh, says he."Let's go together," says Pooh.

"What's twice eleven?" I said to Pooh,"Twice what?" said Pooh to Me."I think it ought to be twenty two.""Just what I think myself," said Pooh."It wasn't an easy sum to do,But that's what it is," said Pooh, said he."That's what it is," said Pooh.

"Let's look for dragons," I said to Pooh."Yes, let's," said Pooh to Me.We crossed the river and found a few..."Yes, those are dragons all right," said Pooh."As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.That's what they are," said Pooh, said he."That's what they are," said Pooh.

"Let's frighten the dragons," I said to Pooh."That's right," said Pooh to Me."I'm not afraid," I said to Pooh,And I held his paw and I shouted "Shoo!Silly old dragons!"... and off they flew."I wasn't afraid," said Pooh, said he,"I'm never afraid with you."

So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,There's always Pooh and Me."What would I do?" I said to Pooh,"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said... "True,It isn't much fun for One, but TwoCan stick together," says Pooh, says he."That's how it is," says Pooh.

Not Pratchett or a child's book, but this is my favourite wedding reading ever. It's grown up and not soppy and it's just so nice - it's by Ernest Hemingway, from A Farewell to Arms

"At night, there was the feeling that we had come home, feeling no longer alone, waking in the night to find the other one there, and not gone away; all other things were unreal. We slept when we were tired and if we woke the other one woke too so one was not alone. Often a man wishes to be alone and a woman wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. We were never lonely and never afraid when we were together."

https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-planning/ceremony-and-reception/wedding-readings/

Thanks, this is great- I know he'd appreciate some Pratchett, and this is the right balance of sentimental and funny!

I really wanted a piece from The Velveteen Rabbit ... OH said it was "surreal". Boo to boys and their bad taste!

I think my bridesmaid who is also a teacher is going to read 'guess how much I love you ( to the moon and back) it is my second favourite book that I read to my class- the gruffalo is my favourite but that's not really suitable I don't think!

Lots of lovely ideas here

https://offbeatwed.com/wedding-readings-from-childrens-books/

We're having the whole of the Owl and the PussyCat. I'm not sure if its 'classic' enough, but its pretty old?

I love this, one of my favourite books too.

My niece read from the velveteen rabbit at our wedding. She was 10 at the time, nearly 11. "What is real" the reading is called, everyone commented on how lovely it was.

We love "Guess how much I love you" but didn't want anything too soppy as we'll both blub. So we're having "I Do, I Will, I Have" by Ogden Nash

How wise I am to have instructed the butler
to instruct the first footman to instruct the second
footman to instruct the doorman to order my carriage;
I am about to volunteer a definition of marriage.
Just as I know that there are two Hagens, Walter and Copen,
I know that marriage is a legal and religious alliance entered
into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut and a
woman who can't sleep with the window open.
Moreover, just as I am unsure of the difference between
flora and fauna and flotsam and jetsam,
I am quite sure that marriage is the alliance of two people
one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other
never forgetsam,
And he refuses to believe there is a leak in the water pipe or
the gas pipe and she is convinced she is about to asphyxiate
or drown,
And she says Quick get up and get my hairbrushes off the
windowsill, it's raining in, and he replies Oh they're all right,

it's only raining straight down.
That is why marriage is so much more interesting than divorce,
Because it's the only known example of the happy meeting of
the immovable object and the irresistible force.
So I hope husbands and wives will continue to debate and
combat over everything debatable and combatable,
Because I believe a little incompatibility is the spice of life,
particularly if he has income and she is pattable.

Hey

I was in a similiar boat, one of my friends sent me this which I think is a nice blend of funny and meaningful. Not sure who wrote it but it most be pretty recent, if its suitable!

This is not literary but I think it's fitting, simple and not too gushy.