I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
I love Inuit art, and most anything you would find in a folk art museum, as well as children's art or children's… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
“People think, Hey, I love kids, I want to write children’s books. But they think children are happy. That’s their first mistake.… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
“We are God's chosen people. We are God's treasured possession. Let us rise in mighty strength to possess our rightful places as… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Ocean waves gently rock the boat, As if to the tune of a lullaby. She sits still as the boat silently floats… — Rachel Lewis Copy Share Image
“So you know that all living things share the same energy source and that every action that humans do to nature will… — Alison Cooklin 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
It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million… — Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I never expected to be in the papers. I personally never expected to be in the papers. The height of my ambition… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests.… — Walter Dean Myers 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
“Roger left the cricket stumps and they went into the drawing room. Grandpapa, at the first suggestion of reading aloud, had disappeared,… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“I come to oil country with a book about radicals who wish for the end of pipelines. But that's not what it's… — Kate Inglis Copy Share Image
“Sensing that this stranger was not the dangerous kind, and being the caring, big-hearted dog that he had built his reputation on,… — Kaal Kaczmarek 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
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
“She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Many, if not most, of the best and most lasting children’s books have multiple levels, some of which are not fully accessible… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
Ole Golly: You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the… — Louise Fitzhugh 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
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
“By fire, fever, storm and sword, your blood shall suffer this bane. No peace or joy for Wintersloe's lord, till the puzzle… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
You know that place between sleep and awake? The place where you still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you... Peter… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
“Before he got too far, he thought he smelled a fire. No sooner did he blink before he sensed something dire. He… — J.Z. Bingham Copy Share Image
“Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don'ts, Not the God who ever does Anything… — Hafiz 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
“Gusty McCabe, tha's m' name and tellin' stories, tha's m' game, If they all ain't true I ain't t' blame, I'll tell… — McCabe 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
I've always loved children's books - it's not that I didn't like them, I just didn't think I wanted to do that.… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“The old sorceress was not given to berating herself herself, but she could not help but think she had made a mistake.… — Vivian French Copy Share Image
Everyone if so warm, and the children know my from the children's books. Their oldest siblings or young parents know me from… — Henry Winkler 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
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
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
“How do we keep it?” asked Princess Sophie. “How do we keep the spirit of Christmas?” “That’s the real magic,” said Lady… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
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![“He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be art, the object of children's books is to whip the little rascals into shape.” quote by Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/katherine-paterson-2365_adults_he-an-earnest-young-reporter-seemed-to-s_6101.png)
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