“Children need to see themselves in books. They need to see their gender. They need to see their color, hair texture, their… — Christian Robinson Copy Share Image
One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If… — Anthony Browne 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
“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
It struck me that when we read picture books to children, we parents, and people as a whole, do not appear in… — Mamoru Hosoda Copy Share Image
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave… — Anthony Browne 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
I love writing picture books because they are very child-centered and family-focused. The idea of creating a story within 2-5 typewritten pages… — Jerdine Nolen Copy Share Image
On the other couch a women sits with a young boy looking through a picture book about Babar the Elephant. When I… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be… — Kirby Larson Copy Share Image
Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting… — 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
My goal with The Adventures of Captain Underpants was to invent a style which was almost identical to that of a picture… — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
I am a believer in angels, though not the picture-book kind with wings and harps. Such angelic accoutrements seem as nonsensical to… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books.… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
What art can paint or gild any object in after life with the glow which nature gives to the first baubles of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
When I was in kindergarten, I remember looking at picture books of the space shuttle. — Jared Isaacman Copy Share Image
Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something. — Marla Frazee Copy Share Image
... what a fatal thing in pictures, books, or human lives, is a lack of proportion. — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
Picture books, while less in word count, are certainly not less important. There are unbelievably skillful authors writing in this vein. Authors… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“Where do starfish come from?” asked Sam. “From the sky,” answered Stella. “Starfish are shooting stars that fell in love with the… — Marie-Louise Gay Copy Share Image
I had to keep the text pretty spare compared to what I would typically do in a picture book. My picture books… — Laurie Keller Copy Share Image
The first book I could call mine, my first book, was a picture book, 'The Magic Monkey' - it was adapted from… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
“Understanding dog-psychology is simple and there are only a few essential (yet very simple) things that you need to understand – but… — Yohai Reuben Copy Share Image
I read The Stinky Cheese Man as an adult. I missed that book when I was a kid. I grew up mostly… — Mac Barnett Copy Share Image
