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title: "86 Picture book Quotes by 71 authors"
description: "Browse 86 Picture book quotes by 71 authors. Discover the best Picture book sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/tamar-bobokhidze-71449_baby-animal_this-not-how-you-hide-corin-1588634_1588634.jpg"
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> [“This not how you hide, Corin!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-bobokhidze/this-not-how-you-hide-corin/)

[Tamar Bobokhidze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-bobokhidze/)

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> [A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-helps/a-man-s-action-is-only-a-picture-book-of-his-creed/)

[Arthur Helps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-helps/)

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> [“Skippy Jon Jones picture book”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-blakely/skippy-jon-jones-picture-book/)

[Lauren Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-blakely/)

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> [Every word, every character in a picture book must count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marla-frazee/every-word-every-character-in-a-picture-book-must-count/)

[Marla Frazee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marla-frazee/)

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> [Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/man-s-actions-are-the-picture-book-of-his-creeds/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-dempsey/you-ll-go-insane-if-you-try-to-have-a-picture-book-house/)

[Patrick Dempsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-dempsey/)

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> [From a cognitive standpoint, I'm very aware that you have no room for error in a picture book. Every word counts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/from-a-cognitive-standpoint-i-m-very-aware-that-you-have-no-room-for/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

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> [“We can all share with Nora and then she will have breakfast too!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-bobokhidze/we-can-all-share-with-nora-and-then-she-will-have-breakfast-too/)

[Tamar Bobokhidze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamar-bobokhidze/)

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> [As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/as-a-boy-i-devoured-comics-but-never-saw-what-we-now-describe-as-a/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

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> [“It was all I could think about. Even as I slept, I dreamt of creating beautiful things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobi-yamada/it-was-all-i-could-think-about-even-as-i-slept-i-dreamt-of-creating/)

[Kobi Yamada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobi-yamada/)

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> [“She would even ride a scooter. and toot its horn. Everyone knew when Liberty was on the stage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desiree-milonas-king/she-would-even-ride-a-scooter-and-toot-its-horn-everyone-knew-when/)

[Desiree Milonas-King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desiree-milonas-king/)

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> [A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/a-good-picture-book-can-almost-be-whistled-all-have-their-own/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

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> [“Teach a child a useful skill. Build confidence and self-esteem that lasts a lifetime.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sybrina-durant/teach-a-child-a-useful-skill-build-confidence-and-self-esteem-that/)

[Sybrina Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sybrina-durant/)

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> [“I'm just surprised you can understand it. Is it the picture book edition?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jus-accardo/i-m-just-surprised-you-can-understand-it-is-it-the-picture-book/)

[Jus Accardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jus-accardo/)

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> [I'm usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-m-usually-working-either-on-a-picture-book-and-a-young-adult-book/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mahy/the-novels-take-longer-to-write-than-the-picture-book-texts-and-they/)

[Margaret Mahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mahy/)

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> [There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-prelutsky/there-s-not-too-much-difference-between-writing-a-picture-book-and/)

[Jack Prelutsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-prelutsky/)

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> [I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mac-barnett/i-think-the-trick-of-writing-a-good-picture-book-manuscript-is-to/)

[Mac Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mac-barnett/)

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> [I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-van-allsburg/i-sculpted-for-four-or-five-years-mostly-for-my-own-amusement-i/)

[Chris Van Allsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-van-allsburg/)

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> [Picture books have terrible PR amongst the children of this country. Ask any librarian: after a certain age, children just aren't interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-serle/picture-books-have-terrible-pr-amongst-the-children-of-this-country/)

[Rebecca Serle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-serle/)

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> [A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-van-allsburg/a-good-picture-book-should-have-events-that-are-visually-arresting/)

[Chris Van Allsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-van-allsburg/)

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> [If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/if-kids-like-a-picture-book-they-re-going-to-read-it-at-least-50/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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> [A picture book is a motorcycle: small, loud, fun, and zippy. An easy reader is a chartered bus: obliged to carry a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-willems/a-picture-book-is-a-motorcycle-small-loud-fun-and-zippy-an-easy/)

[Mo Willems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-willems/)

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> [Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris-hunt/painting-is-the-only-universal-language-all-nature-is-creation-s/)

[William Morris Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris-hunt/)

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> [Writing for children is my... that's my medium, you know, and the medium is the picture book, which is a very particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mordicai-gerstein/writing-for-children-is-my-that-s-my-medium-you-know-and-the-medium/)

[Mordicai Gerstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mordicai-gerstein/)

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> [There's this long tradition of... even 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which many people consider the best kids' picture book of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-selick/there-s-this-long-tradition-of-even-where-the-wild-things-are-which/)

[Henry Selick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-selick/)

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> [When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bernheimer/when-i-wrote-the-eight-fairy-tales-that-appear-in-horse-flower-bird-i/)

[Kate Bernheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bernheimer/)

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> [“The whole of world history often seems to me nothing more than a picture book which portrays humanity's most powerful and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/the-whole-of-world-history-often-seems-to-me-nothing-more-than-a/)

[Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/)

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> [Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/even-tiny-children-looking-at-a-picture-book-are-using-their/)

[Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/)

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> [The process for writing a picture book is completely different from the process of writing a chapter book or novel. For one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-weeks/the-process-for-writing-a-picture-book-is-completely-different-from/)

[Sarah Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-weeks/)

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> [“Heaven is boring. Didn't you see, in that picture book back when we used to go to school? It's just plain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/heaven-is-boring-didn-t-you-see-in-that-picture-book-back-when-we/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

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> [“As he lifted the leather-bound cover, the musty smell of paper rose up. He turned the first mottled leaf and looked down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-norfolk/as-he-lifted-the-leather-bound-cover-the-musty-smell-of-paper-rose-up/)

[Lawrence Norfolk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-norfolk/)

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> [“Perhaps we ought to feel with more imagination. As today the sky 70 degrees above zero with lines falling The way September…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/perhaps-we-ought-to-feel-with-more-imagination-as-today-the-sky-70/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

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> [“The unique pairing of verbal and visual language in the form of picture books has fascinated me forever. Having now written my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-magerl/the-unique-pairing-of-verbal-and-visual-language-in-the-form-of/)

[Caroline Magerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-magerl/)

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> [“Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture book opens to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-parravano/consider-a-small-child-sitting-on-his-mother-s-lap-while-she-reads/)

[Martha Parravano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-parravano/)

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> [Far away, where the swallows take refuge in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elise. The eleven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/far-away-where-the-swallows-take-refuge-in-winter-lived-a-king-who/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

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> [“This week we'll be learning about key elements of high quality picture books. Using the award winner lists in our course materials,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-f-skinner-2/this-week-we-ll-be-learning-about-key-elements-of-high-quality/)

[B.F. Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-f-skinner-2/)

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> [“Fuchsia took three paces forward in the first of the attics and then paused a moment to re-tie a string above her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mervyn-peake/fuchsia-took-three-paces-forward-in-the-first-of-the-attics-and-then-2/)

[Mervyn Peake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mervyn-peake/)

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> [Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/writing-a-picture-book-is-like-writing-war-and-peace-in-haiku/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

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> [They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lana-del-rey/they-judge-me-like-a-picture-book-by-the-colors-like-they-forgot-to/)

[Lana Del Rey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lana-del-rey/)

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                        "text": "When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.",
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                        "text": "Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story.",
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                        "text": "The process for writing a picture book is completely different from the process of writing a chapter book or novel. For one thing, most of my picture books rhyme. Also, when I write a picture book I'm always thinking about the role the pictures will play in the telling of the story. It can take me several months to write a picture book, but it takes me several years to write a novel.",
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                        "text": "“Heaven is boring. Didn't you see, in that picture book back when we used to go to school? It's just plain and white and there is not even any color and it's too orderly. Like there will be crazy prefects telling you all the time: Do thus, don't do that, where are your shoes, tuck in your shirt, shhh, God doesn't like it and will punish you, keep your voice low you'll wake the angels, go and wash, you are dirty, Bastard says. Me, when I die I want to go where there's lots of food and music and a party that never ends and we're singing that Jobho song, Godknows says.”",
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                        "text": "“As he lifted the leather-bound cover, the musty smell of paper rose up. He turned the first mottled leaf and looked down at an elaborately drawn image. A brimming goblet was decorated with curling vines and bunches of grapes. But instead of wine or water, the cup was filled with words. John stared at the alien symbols. He could not read. Around the goblet a strange garden grew. Honeycombs dripped and flowers like crocuses sprouted among thick-trunked trees. Vines draped themselves about their branches which bristled with leaves and bent under heavy bunches of fruit. In the far background John spied a roof with a tall chimney. His mother settled beside him. 'Palm trees...' she said. 'These are dates. Honey came from the hives and saffron came from these flowers. Grapes swelled on the vine...”",
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                        "text": "“Perhaps we ought to feel with more imagination. As today the sky 70 degrees above zero with lines falling The way September moves a lace curtain to be near a pear, The oddest device can't be usual. And that is where The pejorative sense of fear moves axles. In the stars There is no longer any peace, emptied like a cup of coffee Between the blinding rain that interviews. You were my quintuplets when I decided to leave you Opening a picture book the pictures were all of grass Slowly the book was on fire, you the reader Sitting with specs full of smoke exclaimed How it was a rhyme for \"brick\" or \"redder.\" The next chapter told all about a brook. You were beginning to see the relation when a tidal wave Arrived with sinking ships that spelled out \"Aladdin.\" I thought about the Arab boy in his cave But the thoughts came faster than advice. If you knew that snow was a still toboggan in space The print could rhyme with \"fallen star.”",
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                        "text": "“Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture book opens to a width that effectively places the child at the center of a closed circle - that of mother's body, arms, and the picture book... That circle, so private and intimate, is a place apart form the demands and stresses of daily life, a sanctuary in and from which the child can explore the many worlds offered in picture books. Despite all of our society's technological advances, it still just takes one child, one book, and one reader, to create this unique space, to work this everyday magic.”",
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                        "text": "Far away, where the swallows take refuge in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elise. The eleven brothers--they were all princes--used to go to school with stars on their breasts and swords at their sides. They wrote upon golden slates with diamond pencils, and could read just as well without a book as with one, so there was no mistake about their being princes. Their sister Elise sat upon a little footstool of looking-glass, and she has a picture-book which had cost the half of a kingdom. Oh, these children were very happy; but it was not to last thus forever.",
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                        "text": "“This week we'll be learning about key elements of high quality picture books. Using the award winner lists in our course materials, select one picture book and share why it received its award. For example, Abuela is listed in the 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know. According to Publishers Weekly, this is why it's so good: \"In this tasty trip, Rosalba is \"always going places\" with her grandmother--abuela . During one of their bird-feeding outings to the park, Rosalba wonders aloud, \"What if I could fly?\" Thus begins an excursion through the girl's imagination as she soars high above the tall buildings and buses of Manhattan, over the docks and around the Statue of Liberty with Abuela in tow. Each stop of the glorious journey evokes a vivid memory for Rosalba's grandmother and reveals a new glimpse of the woman's colorful ethnic origins. Dorros's text seamlessly weaves Spanish words and phrases into the English narrative, retaining a dramatic quality rarely found in bilingual picture books. Rosalba's language is simple and melodic, suggesting the graceful images of flight found on each page. Kleven's ( Ernst ) mixed-media collages are vibrantly hued and intricately detailed, the various blended textures reminiscent of folk art forms. Those searching for solid multicultural material would be well advised to embark.”",
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                        "text": "“Fuchsia took three paces forward in the first of the attics and then paused a moment to re-tie a string above her knee. Over her head vague rafters loomed and while she straightened her-self she noticed them and unconsciously loved them. This was the lumber room. Though very long and lofty it looked relatively smaller than it was, for the fantastic piles of every imaginable kind of thing, from the great organ to the lost and painted head of a broken toy lion that must one day have been the plaything of one of Fuchsia's ancestors, spread from every wall until only an avenue was left to the adjacent room. This high, narrow avenue wound down the centre of the first attic before suddenly turning at a sharp angle to the right. The fact that this room was filled with lumber did not mean that she ignored it and used it only as a place of transit. Oh no, for it was here that many long afternoons had been spent as she crawled deep into the recesses and found for herself many a strange cavern among the incongruous relics of the past. She knew of ways through the centre of what appeared to be hills of furniture, boxes, musical instruments and toys, kites, pictures, bamboo armour and helmets, flags and relics of every kind, as an Indian knows his green and secret trail. Within reach of her hand the hide and head of a skinned baboon hung dustily over a broken drum that rose above the dim ranges of this attic medley. Huge and impregnable they looked in the warm still half-light, but Fuchsia, had she wished to, could have disappeared awkwardly but very suddenly into these fantastic mountains, reached their centre and lain down upon an ancient couch with a picture book at her elbow and been entirely lost to view within a few moments.”",
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