I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite…

My all-time favourite children's book is 'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr Seuss. Even as an adult I still appreciate it - what a…

— Tom Fletcher

I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice…

— John Boyne

“So the beloved children's book author took a deep breath, opened his own book to the very first page, and began reading, hoping with…

— Chris Colfer

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

— Mark Kurlansky

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But…

— Mary GrandPre

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or…

— Chuck Jones

I do feel even though now I'm acting, I still feel like I'm going to do a lot of other things, like write a…

— Julia Fox

“As adults we choose our own reading material. Depending on our moods and needs we might read the newspaper, a blockbuster novel, an academic…

— Mem Fox

Is it like a Harry Potter thing?" He turned his head then. "A what?" "A Harry Potter thing," she said again. "You know, don't…

— Patricia Briggs

Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians.

— Richard Scarry

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they…

— Orson Scott Card

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's…

— Michael Ian Black

“CUSTOMER: Do you have this children's book I've heard about? It's supposed to be very good. It's called "Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe.”

— Jen Campbell

“As she drove the Trace, each curve revealing a scene rich with life and as picturesque as illustrations from a children's book, Anna was…

— Nevada Barr

People say to me, ‘How do I know if a word is real?’ You know, anybody who’s read a children’s book knows that love…

— Erin McKean