People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard. — David Walliams Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I came to New York to see what I could see — that's from a children's book, isn't it? — and to… — Edie Sedgwick Copy Share Image
A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
There's a new children's book that's coming out that features Sarah Palin as a hero. I don't want to give away the… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Why then, if these new books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
The characters in a children's book must reach into the heart of the reader on page one. Emotional content is the main… — Rosemary Wells Copy Share Image
Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults,… — Mabel Robinson Copy Share Image
Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
Run a test. Give a 5-year-old a printed book and an iPad and see what happens. That 5-year-old is going to go… — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
I create books for six-year-olds. I don't know why that time of my life was so important to me, but no matter… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection. We listen to the radio without paying… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“To me, nothing can be more important than giving children books, It's better to be giving books to children than drug treatment… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder… — Leo Lionni Copy Share Image
Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn't something you do for money. It's something you do because what children read… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I don't change the language for children books. I don't make the language simpler. I use words that they might have to… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“My path is the nice one. The one filled with friends who will smile when I buy their children books for their… — Mary Ann Rivers Copy Share Image
