“Protect our children from failure, is impossible; Teach them how to get up can make the difference” — Mayra A. Diaz Copy Share Image
“The 2 Perfect Recipes for Rearing & Raising Godly Children are: Stay On Your Knees for Direction & Stand On Your feet as an Example,” — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. — Anonymous 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
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
“The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, the centrepiece, a roasted… — Elias Zapple Copy Share Image
I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and… — Gloria Estefan 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
“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up." ~Happy… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in… — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
“In an age that seems to be increasingly dehumanized, when people can be transformed into non-persons, and where a great deal of… — Lloyd Alexander 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
I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“When you’re happy kind and loving, you’re BEAUTY FULL like SUNSHINE! Your glow warms everyone you meet. But, when you’re angry, mean,… — Sonya Anise 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
Is it like a Harry Potter thing?" He turned his head then. "A what?" "A Harry Potter thing," she said again. "You… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“Dancing. I couldn't understand the fascination my brother had for it, but I could respect what it meant to him. How could… — Veronica Randolph Batterson Copy Share Image
'I don't need very much now,' said the boy, 'just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired.' 'Well,'… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
“Charlotte!” said Glenda, one Thursday afternoon while she was washing dishes. “You didn’t scrape out your leftover cereal this morning. It’s disgusting.… — Jennifer Lott Copy Share Image
“This was the kind of woman she understood, a woman after her own cold heart.” — Vivian French Copy Share Image
Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts,… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
“Lava oozed up from the centre of the crater like blood from a wound. As the flaming lava touched the water it… — Alison Cooklin 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
“You are not alone in this world; you are the vine from a tree that connects all mankind. Long before you were… — Janet Autherine Copy Share Image
Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't… — Melanie Kirk Copy Share Image
Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
“A glassy calm replaced the storm surrounding their boat. The distant thunder struck a note, white-hot and remote. An invisible magnet seemed… — J.Z. Bingham 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
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 are no bounds to the potential of a child who has been well loved. And by well loved I mean hugged… — Leigh Ann Hrutkay Children's Copy Share Image
When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
