Book Quote by Anonymous

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." He also said: "No book…

— C. S. Lewis

“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is only enjoyed by children is a bad…

— Joe Rigney

“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad…

— C.S. Lewis

A child's own story is a dream, but a good story is a dream that is true for more than one child.

— Margaret Wise Brown

It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

— Anonymous

Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

— Mac Barnett

I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.

— Neil Gaiman

The stories of kids who grew up in communities like mine weren't being written about in many books for kids.

— Jason Reynolds

I find that children have very little trouble understanding non-literal stories.

— John Shelby Spong

With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls… Most of us assume there is something goodin every child; the…

— Katharine Sergeant Angell White

“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book. The reason…

— Philip Pullman

I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all…

— Rebecca Serle