'Harry Potter' achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
There are details within details within details to anchor you in the fact that we are talking about the real world, not… — Joe Rohde Copy Share Image
There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game. — Brian K. Vaughan 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
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
Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians. — Richard Scarry 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
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
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
I've been waiting a long time to be a children's book author. I've spent decades getting good enough to write for children.… — Jewell Parker Rhodes Copy Share Image
When I was 35 I realized that I was still thinking a lot about what it would be like to go to… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I do feel even though now I'm acting, I still feel like I'm going to do a lot of other things, like… — Julia Fox Copy Share Image
I'm also very hopeful to continue my literary journey into the realm of children's books. To be able to read my kids… — Trista Sutter Copy Share Image
If I revise a children's book, if I'm spending three hours on the first draft, I'm probably spending 30 minutes revising it.… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
“Themes that are "too large for adult fiction can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book" - Philip Pullman (Hunt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I think my style changes somewhat. The themes I am interested in exploring are mostly the same, but I tackle them differently.… — Vandana Singh Copy Share Image
It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
There's some things that you wouldn't tackle in a children's book because it would be beyond, not the mental capabilities, but the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy… his arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
You've got to give kids really beautiful children's books in order to turn them into revolutionaries. Because if they see these beautiful… — Tony Millionaire 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
In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children’s book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I’ve been hearing… — Paul O. Zelinsky Copy Share Image
As far as I know, no kid ever bought a children's book himself with his own money, but they'll buy comic books.… — Neal Adams 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
What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It… — Astrid Lindgren 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
“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
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
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
The children's book world has given me wonderful friendships and an unbelievably rich life. — Katherine Paterson 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 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 friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
“Any seed or insect or lizard or mammal that found itself in LA had to believe that there was a chance to… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
The mistake...was attributed in part to the fact that employees called the 3-year note 'Losh' and the 5-year note 'Bosh'. The comic… — Frank Partnoy Copy Share Image
Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
