It is surely significant that the adults who feature in…

“Books ... rarely, if ever, talk about what children can make of themselves, about the powers that from the day or moment of birth…

— John Holt

Translated books rarely get reviewed in the press. Books or poems or works of art that don't seem to have a corresponding style or…

— Elliott Colla

The stories that confirm that bigger story are brought in and easily digested. But there's another set of stories that are always there, which…

— Elliott Colla

“It holds my essential stuff, including a book—for true contentment, one must carry a book at all times, and great books so rarely fit,…

— Michael Chabon

When we talk about books, we rarely talk about the economic side of writing, especially of writing literary works, and that, at base, it's…

— Olga Tokarczuk

I rarely read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if they don't…

— Meg Rosoff

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

— Coy Bowles

I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore.

— Stanley Williams

“My turn now. The story of one of my insanities. For a long time I boasted that I was master of all possible landscapes--…

— Arthur Rimbaud

My best ideas come to me at unexpected moments, like when I'm reading children's books to my kids (the pictures inspire me), shopping, driving…

— Mary Engelbreit

There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.

— Richard Scarry

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up…

— Laura Miller

Children's books are by nature partisan.

— Eric Walters

He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be…

— Katherine Paterson