“The verbal patterns and the patterns of behavior we present to children in these lighthearted confections are likely to influence them for… — Esphyr Slobodkina Copy Share Image
If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can stimulate youngsters into looking at… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
“One day my sister Virginia woke up feeling wolfish. She made wolf SOUNDS and did strange things...” — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel. — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
though he found that if you are stupid enough to bury a camera underground you won't be taking many pictures with it… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening,… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
“Picture books build readers, Mr. Leon. Two missing books from our collection is like two missing bricks from a cathedral.” — Kristin O'Donnell Tubb Copy Share Image
“What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday?” — Sherley Mondesir-Prescott Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I was very excited to experience this whole new world. And everything was fun, everything from, oh,… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After that my favourites changed almost… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books.… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
I have learned patience, for sure. Pre-publication is a long waiting game, especially for authors of picture books. We write the manuscript,… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
“If you don't know your history, you don't know what you are talking about!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Hey, ants!" she shouted. "Please help. Anteater is very hungry, but cannot find any food.” — Emlyn Chand Copy Share Image
As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book. — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
The images in a picture book are the driving forces that tell the story. The words tell only what the pictures can't. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a… — Tomie dePaola Copy Share Image
