Childhood Quote by Anonymous

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

— 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

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

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at…

— Anonymous

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

“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

“No time is more precious and well rewarded than those few moments you spend reading a story to a child”

— Robert D. Harris

“This is one of the chief differences between a child's experience of a favorite book and an educated adult's. For the adult, a book…

— Laura Miller

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for…

— Michael Morpurgo

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.

— J. K. Rowling

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

— Jason Reynolds