Behavior Quote by Alfie Kohn

“Childhood is the time and children's books are the place for powerful emotions, powerful language, powerful art... There is no room for cutesy books,…

— Betsy Hearne

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that…

— Mac Barnett

The characters in a children's book must reach into the heart of the reader on page one. Emotional content is the main reason a…

— Rosemary Wells

Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read.

— Anonymous

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and the adult…

— Michael Rosen

There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries…

— Barbara Park

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and…

— Morris Gleitzman

Every book is different with it's own personality just like children.

— Cassandra Clare

Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being.

— Vissarion Belinsky

Kids get influenced by other kids.

— Paul Pierce