“I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan!” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“I’m planting a tree to teach me to make the world a better place.” — Andrea Koehle Jones Copy Share Image
“I’m planting a tree to remind me to be open and kindhearted.” — Andrea Koehle Jones Copy Share Image
“Lots of children I know are excited to grow up. So I wonder why this man was so happy to become young… — Sara Rich Copy Share Image
There are people whom even children's literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“No matter how different one looks or may seem, all are just shades in the colorful rainbow of life that loves everyone,… — Jennifer Sodini Copy Share Image
In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the… — Margaret Wise Brown 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
“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
“If you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, it's difficult to know the fit, so be kind and compassionate.” — Heather Wolf Copy Share Image
“Only sweet people with good virtues can go to fairyland. Those who treat others meanly and without respect can never go there.” — Janaki Sooriyarachchi Copy Share Image
More than this, I believe that the only lastingly important form of writing is writing for children. It is writing that is… — Sonya Hartnett Copy Share Image
“There’s a different flavor to children’s literature you read after you grow up than there was reading it as a child. Things… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
“It was not really Saturday night, at least it may have been, for they had long lost count of the days; but… — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
There is a tiger in my room,' said Frances. 'Did he bite you?' said Father. 'No,' said Frances. 'Did he scratch you?'… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes,… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
The work of one author or artist may stimulate another author or artist to push the edge, to take the risk, to… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
“Children's literature as a literary aberration or at best a minor amusement is a notion held most strongly by people who read… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“If you ever meet someone who thinks they are so special, the best thing to do is smile. You don’t have to… — Jeff Hutchins Copy Share Image
“so that it isn't upsetting to anybody. It's something we've always known about fairy tales – they talk about incest, the Oedipus… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children’s book.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“I was astonished at how wonderful these books were; and even though I was occasionally discomforted when someone, having asked me what… — Jonathan Cott Copy Share Image
“[There are] games children must conjure up to combat an awful fact of childhood: the fact of their vulnerability to fear, anger,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The other thing about the Nights is that it is quite racist. One parentheses is that I think this is one of… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile, because it's impossible to make… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often… — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
“As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Only as we give the children the truth about life can we expect any improvement in it. — Mabel Robinson Copy Share Image
“There is no limit to what a person can do that has been inspired by the arts!” — Fossil Mountain Publishing Editor Copy Share Image
“I left a note for my mother. I always leave a note for my mother when I am on a case.” — Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Copy Share Image
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