Book Quote by Brian Selznick

I know what I liked as a child, and I don’t do any book that I, as a child, wouldn’t have liked.

— H. A. Rey

I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book…

— Rebecca Stead

When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They…

— Chris Ware

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the…

— Margaret Haddix

I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.

— Tom Fletcher

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

Kids love to be silly, they love to laugh, so I think it was natural for my kids to like the sort of books…

— Michael Ian Black

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

— Beverly Cleary

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

I rarely read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

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 a kid, I loved having a book in my hand. I still do. I wasn't a fast reader, but I was…

— Rhea Perlman