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
Only as we give the children the truth about life can we expect any improvement in it. — Mabel Robinson 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
“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
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
“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
“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 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
“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
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
“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
“People used to draw dragons on the edges of old maps. When the world hadn't been fully explored, mapmakers imagined dragons living… — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 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
“For I need not remind such an audience as this that the neat sorting out of books into age-groups, so dear to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries."… — Lewis Carroll 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
Most of the great works of juvenile literature are subversive in one way or another: they express ideas and emotions not generally… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
“This is where the pivotal events of my childhood unfolded, while I ate banana and root beer Popsicles, two by two, tucking… — Jo Ann Beard Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, they say, there was a girl...there was a boy...there was a person who was in trouble. And this… — Terri Windling 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
“Sunny was a treat to read. It is most appealing as the story is very well done and the artwork is beautiful.… — Theresa Macinnis Schimmel Copy Share Image
Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A crowd began to gather round to watch the Heat begin. They soon would learn which one would earn the famous Golden… — J.Z. Bingham Copy Share Image
A children's writer should, ideally, be a dedicated semi-lunatic, a kind of poet with a marvelous idea, who, preferably, when not committing… — Joan Aiken 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
“Would you like some more pancakes?" Annie asked. I could tell that Annie was a smart girl. I hate to eat on… — Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Copy Share Image
What I use from my own life is not the facts, it's the emotion. It's how I felt about something. It has… — Judy Delton Copy Share Image
“Before drawing the curtain across the porthole, Lydia took a peek outside. The evening uneven sea glimmered with slices of dairy moon,… — Neale Osborne Copy Share Image
“Big Ma didn't need to say any more and she didn't. T.J. was far from her favorite person and it was quite… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls… Most of us assume there is something goodin every… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White Copy Share Image
I cannot, will not, withhold from my young readers the harsh realities of human hunger and suffering and loss, but neither will… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
'Oh, yes,' nodded Pollyanna emphatically. 'He said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said… — Eleanor Porter Copy Share Image
Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“When I listen to you, God when I do what you ask me to, I am like a tree planted by a… — Marie-Helene Delval 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
[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
People didn't make life, so they can't destroy it. Even if we were to wipe out every bit of life in the… — Jeanne DuPrau Copy Share Image
Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults,… — Mabel Robinson Copy Share Image
![“Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times [in the Bible] to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it - SOME.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/anonymous-1_bible_oh-yes-nodded-pollyanna-emphatically-he_2407863.jpg)
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