“If I write a book I do it mostly for myself for the child in me and for the adult in me.… — Tomi Ungerer 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
There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me. — Oliver Jeffers Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
“I had been reading children's books all my life and saw them not as minor amusements but as part of the whole… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“I think I can communicate with kids because I don’t try to communicate with kids. Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize… — Dr Seuss Copy Share Image
The young adult literature is relatively new - it just kind of exploded in the 2000s. When I grew up, there weren't… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
We had absolutely no experience in writing kids books and its a very competitive market. But we buy and read a lot… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it’s a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Edward Eager wrote a series of children's books that are in danger of being forgotten. But they're divine: stories about ordinary kids… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“Morty trusted trees far more than he did people. 'You know what a tree can and cannot give you,' he said in… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Childhood is the time and children's books are the place for powerful emotions, powerful language, powerful art... There is no room for… — Betsy Hearne Copy Share Image
“Lions should be strong but sweet beasts in a Disney cartoon. But they aren't, so when they act like lions you're angry… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books, both read and unread, all of them dear to her… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“Grown-ups don’t look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they’re big and thoughtless and they always know what they’re doing. Inside,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Originally I had planned to write just a couple of children's books and then, return the focus on adult literature. A funny… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women.… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
