Believe Quote by Barbara Park

I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's…

— Barbara Park

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do…

— Norman Cousins

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

I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life.…

— Leo Lionni

I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.

— R. L. Stine

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they…

— Orson Scott Card

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up…

— Laura Miller

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

— C. S. Lewis

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very,…

— Mark Haddon

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so.…

— David Walliams

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

— Walter Dean Myers

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

— Madeleine L'Engle