“If you don't know your history, you don't know what you are talking about!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was in kindergarten, I remember looking at picture books of the space shuttle. — Jared Isaacman Copy Share Image
All really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times — Rosemary Wells Copy Share Image
“What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday?” — Sherley Mondesir-Prescott Copy Share Image
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we… — Anthony Browne 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
And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story… — Berkeley Breathed 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
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
I often lament that new picture books don't get read because the classics hold up so well. It's a ridiculous complaint because,… — Rebecca Serle 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
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 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
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
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
“They must be looking everywhere for you," said Tawny, stretching out her wings to their full span - which was very far… — Suzy Davies Copy Share Image
I think of writing--particularly of writing picture books--as a kind of choreography. A picture book must have pace and movement and pattern.… — Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 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
The great thing about making picture books is that you can make absolutely anything you want happen. It's a bit like making… — Mini Grey Copy Share Image
“Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture book opens to a… — Martha Parravano Copy Share Image
I made the first 'Blumen' picture after looking at Robert Mapplethorpe's Pictures book. I was struck by how much freedom Mapplethorpe was… — Collier Schorr Copy Share Image
“Writing picture books is like playing Tetris with only Z-pieces.” — Colleen A.F. Venable 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 you write, magic happens. Doors open. People smile and the world is a better place” — Alan Dapre Copy Share Image
When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“Wait," Honey said to herself, as she realized something amazing. "I’m already an excellent flyer. Maybe I can fight crime too.” — Emlyn Chand Copy Share Image
For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole.… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Many adults that I have met in my time believed that picture books are 'babyish'. I hope I have changed minds on… — Anthony Browne 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
A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling. — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
I always say it's a shame picture books get such a bad rep. Illustrations are tough to sell older kids on! — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
“I am honored to have the opportunity to inspire the young and the young at heart through our Picture Books and author… — Julie Freyermuth Copy Share Image
