Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life. — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Children's literature - the product of adult guesswork - often fails to account for its audience's slippery grasp on the world. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
They [Narnia] are, perhaps, the greatest classics of children’s literature of the twentieth century. — Douglas Gresham Copy Share Image
I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
It was a combination of an intense interest in children's literature, which I've always had, and the feeling that I'd just have… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There's a difference between children's literature and all-ages literature. One is written expressly for children. The other is written for everyone, including… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
As for literature – to introduce children to literature is to install them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“Children’s literature must build a bridge between the colorful dream world full of fantasy and illusion, and a tougher real world full… — Samad Beh-Rang Copy Share Image
Children’s literature must build a bridge between the colorful dream world full of fantasy and illusion, and a tougher real world full… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“The detective embodies, even more than the romantic drifter, rationality; this intriguing and apparent dichotomy pertains to a significant part of Bengali… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his… — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
There are no gatekeepers in children's literature. There are children who like what you write because it's funny. — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
“Animals in children’s literature always have a soul life because children perceive animals as having souls.” — Linda Bender Copy Share Image
Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
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