There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Is an audience open to seeing a film that isn't what they expect when they see a film that's been adapted from… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working on a children's book for… — Colleen Haskell Copy Share Image
“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… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
My all-time favourite children's book is 'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr Seuss. Even as an adult I still appreciate it -… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
The children's book world has given me wonderful friendships and an unbelievably rich life. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is,… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
People say to me, ‘How do I know if a word is real?’ You know, anybody who’s read a children’s book knows… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I’m one of those very lucky people who absolutely love what they do for a living. There is no career better suited… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Maurice Sendak never - I remember he said something that was very striking because it's something I never thought about. I always… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling… — Jamie Lee Curtis 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
Books have their destinies like men. And their fates, as made by generations of readers, are very different from the destinies foreseen… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The prime function of the children's book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“A lot of excellent illustrators are working at the moment--especially in fantasy and children's books. It is exciting also to see graphic… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
I didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
“What happened in that cold dark, when frost formed a halo in the child's straw hair and snowflake turned to flesh and… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
I grew up loving fantasy, adventure, and children's book series. At the time, I was in a place in LA where I… — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves. — Andrea Brown Copy Share Image
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. — Norman Macleod Copy Share Image
Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians. — Richard Scarry Copy Share Image
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
I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Lists, and lists of lists, invite many questions and one that crops up here is: what makes a children's book last? When… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
If I give a book as a gift, it is invariably a children's book with beautiful artwork and a simple text. I… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
[My first children's book] is very subliminal, let's put it that way. It even has a bit of a metaphysical little message… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
“So the beloved children's book author took a deep breath, opened his own book to the very first page, and began reading,… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Jones 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
People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I… — Martin Amis 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
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
“As she drove the Trace, each curve revealing a scene rich with life and as picturesque as illustrations from a children's book,… — Nevada Barr 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
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
![“[My first children's book] is very subliminal, let's put it that way. It even has a bit of a metaphysical little message in there [about how] we're all somehow connected and we all have a responsibility toward each other. Although you may feel alone in the world, you definitely are not.” quote by Gloria Estefan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/154/gloria-estefan-2160_bits_my-first-children-s-book-is-very-sublimi_1408013.jpg)
![“[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she loves children and children's literature.” quote by Jenna Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a6/jenna-bush-12615_book_my-mom-had-always-wanted-to-write-a-chil_1128939.jpg)
