I loved The Wind in the Willows. ... Walt Disney should be sued for cheapening it as he did. Imagine it, Mickey… — Tasha Tudor 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
Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his… — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
“Children may not understand all that's happening below the surface of a story. It doesn't matter. Because even though they may not… — Lloyd Alexander 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
Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women.… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of… — Anonymous 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
“The literature of childhood abounds with evidence that the peaks of a child's experience are not visits to the cinema, or even… — Iona Opie Copy Share Image
“Generally speaking, all true children's stories make promises to their readers. Here you are, they say, unhandy and short, and there is… — John Goldthwaite Copy Share Image
A good story is alive, ever changing and growing as it meets each listener or reader in a spirited and unique encounter,… — Katherine Paterson 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
When people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“There's a theme that appears in much of your work," I say to Maurice on my last visit to Connecticut, "and I… — Jonathan Cott 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
By providing cheap and wholesome reading for the young, we have partly succeeded in driving from the field that which was positively… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged . One… — John Rogers Copy Share Image
“I had been reading children's books all my life and saw them not as minor amusements but as part of the whole… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“When teachers participate in a literary experience with a professionally presented children's play, they are offering their students a text quite different… — James Hugh Comey Copy Share Image
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