Children Quotes by Beverly Cleary

I rarely read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

Children want to do what grownups do.

— Beverly Cleary

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

— Beverly Cleary

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood.

— Beverly Cleary

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

— Beverly Cleary

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

— Beverly Cleary

“Tiddlywinks, tiddlywinks, I want to play tiddlywinks," chanted Ramona, shaking her head back and forth.”

— Beverly Cleary

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

— Beverly Cleary

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

— Beverly Cleary

I haven't been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children's literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be…

— Beverly Cleary

I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm,…

— Beverly Cleary

I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids…

— Beverly Cleary

I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to…

— Beverly Cleary

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of…

— Beverly Cleary

I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that…

— Beverly Cleary

I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems.

— Beverly Cleary

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

— Beverly Cleary

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

— Beverly Cleary

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

— Beverly Cleary

I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed.

— Beverly Cleary

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.

— Beverly Cleary

I'm just lucky. I do have very clear memories of childhood. I find that many people don't, but I'm just very fortunate…

— Beverly Cleary

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.

— Beverly Cleary

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want…

— Beverly Cleary

In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. They still need to feel safe, be…

— Beverly Cleary