Books Quote by Barry Marshall

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories…

— David Walliams

To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked…

— Cynthia Voigt

My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book…

— Coy Bowles

When I was a child, I loved 'The Marble Faun' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The reason I liked it was because it had a beautiful…

— Edmund White

Funny enough, I don't really recall being read kids' books as a child. I think my truly favorite thing to do was flipping through…

— Julio Torres

My favourite books series as a young child was the Frank L. Baum 'Wizard of Oz' series. They were beautifully written, oversized fat books…

— Anita Shreve

My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After that my favourites changed almost yearly. I…

— Rick Yancey

I was a kid who loved to read. I read everything I could get my hands on. I didn't have one favorite book. I…

— Kate DiCamillo

When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of…

— Lauren DeStefano

I loved horses and horse books as a child.

— Meg Rosoff

One of the most important things in my childhood were the new books that came in. I feel sorry for kids today who have…

— Jean Fritz

My parents read me some typical children's books: 'Green Eggs and Ham,' 'The Little Engine That Could,' 'Peter Rabbit.' But I quickly developed a…

— James Holzhauer