“Be generous with your smile and try not to frown. And you will see my children; your smile will never let you… — Benny Bellamacina Copy Share Image
Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. — George Carlin 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
“Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't soar free.” — C.J. Milbrandt Copy Share Image
Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at… — Anonymous 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'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Annie has brown hair and brown eyes. And she smiles a lot. I would like Annie if I liked girls.” — Marjorie Weinman Sharmat 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
“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
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
I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved.… — James McAvoy 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
“Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“As far as I can tell, it doesn't make any difference to adults how clever children are. They always stick together. Unless… — R.L. LaFevers 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
“It was all beginning to run together in the back of Eleanor's mind, and the things that had probably really happened were… — Jane Langton Copy Share Image
“Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule,… — J. Aleksandr Wootton Copy Share Image
“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
There are too many coy books full of talking animals, whimsical children, and condescending adults. (Some of the most famous animals in… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White 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
“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
The only books that work are those which fly through the air - the ones you let happen, not make happen. — Rosemary Wells 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
“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
“Protect our children from failure, is impossible; Teach them how to get up can make the difference” — Mayra A. Diaz Copy Share Image
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They [Narnia] are, perhaps, the greatest classics of children’s literature of the twentieth century. — Douglas Gresham Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Angel of Fire is about an ordinary boy to whom extraordinary things happen” — Wendy Milton Copy Share Image
if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“The evening uneven sea glimmered with slices of dairy moon, the surface waves a shifting brew of dark tea stirred by an… — Neale Osborne Copy Share Image
Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“We all have to share this world. The best way to do that is to be nice to each other.” — Jessica Marie Baumgartner Copy Share Image
“None of the seven is really good, for the excellent reason that Australian children never are.” — Ethel Turner Copy Share Image
a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children. — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
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“One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel is… — Annie Bryant Copy Share Image
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