My main motive for going into children's literature was to recreate the helpless giggling that infected me in my childhood. In some… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“Cleveland-area fans of French children's literature were disappointed by the Prince's decision to sign with the Miami Heat.” — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Children's literature - the product of adult guesswork - often fails to account for its audience's slippery grasp on the world. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, when people like Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele,… — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
The orphan in children's literature allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family,… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
Like most people, I have several pet subjects - that may or may not be interesting to other people. Don't get me… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Whereas Books of Wonder excels with children's literature, McNally Jackson is where I go for my adult new releases, and no, it… — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I was going to be a writer, and that turned into journalist. And then that turned into a career in children's literature,… — Damaris Phillips Copy Share Image
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
In a single lifetime, roughly from 1865 to 1930, one finds the pioneering and patterning works of modern fantasy, science fiction, children's… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“If there’s a single idea I emphasize when people ask about writing, it’s that there’s no right way to produce a book.… — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
“Lewis was unique in the academia of his day for championing (along with his good friend, J.R.R. Tolkien) children’s literature and fantasy… — Louis A. Markos Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
“A lot of (children's literature) beginners get bogged down by morals. A moral should never be driving the story. And a moral… — Patty Smith Copy Share Image
“Dead parents are gruesome, yes, but anyone who’s anyone in children’s literature has either been orphaned or abandoned; well-adjusted kids from stable… — Lynn messina Copy Share Image
I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance - I read it all.… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
There's a difference between children's literature and all-ages literature. One is written expressly for children. The other is written for everyone, including… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
