About Quote by Hilaire Belloc

Child! do not throw this book about Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out! Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.

— Hilaire Belloc

“There may be no more pleasing picture in the world than that of a child peering into a book - the past and the…

— Roger Rosenblatt

Never give a child a book you can't read!

— David Nasir

“Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture book opens to a width that…

— Martha Parravano

To me, this is one of the great things about writing kids' books: the illustrations.

— Kate DiCamillo

Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to…

— Anthony Browne

Many adults that I have met in my time believed that picture books are 'babyish'. I hope I have changed minds on this, as…

— Anthony Browne

I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I…

— Judy Blume

Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something.

— Marla Frazee

I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork. I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of my books…

— Chris Raschka

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want…

— Chris Van Allsburg