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

— Philip Pullman

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

— Philip Pullman

“I hope, that in the days, and weeks, and years to come, the question of where the dividing lines between adult and children’s fiction…

— Neil Gaiman

“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 think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write, they would…

— John Boyne

“Children's books do not exist in a vacuum, unrelated to literature as a whole. They are a portion of universal literature and must be…

— Lillian H. Smith

It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the…

— Carl Hiaasen

Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.

— Norman Macleod

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

— Mohsin Hamid

There is a certain limitlessness to children's novels. You can be as fun and imaginative and creative as you want and your audience is…

— Carrie Hope Fletcher

“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to say positive…

— Lloyd Alexander

“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children . . . do not discourage children from reading because…

— Neil Gaiman