Books Quote by James Payn

I sometimes think young people are not given nearly enough credit for their ability to appreciate literary flourish.

— Elizabeth Wein

What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still expects schools to prepare…

— Gwee Li Sui

Literary readings aren't going to shake their reputation as the added-fibre of our entertainment diet until the people who organize and participate in them…

— Lynn Coady

There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth;…

— Jill Paton Walsh

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the…

— Katherine Paterson

“Books make their greatest mark when they reach readers in their growing years. The young look everywhere for that ground of truth on which…

— Milton Meltzer

The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be…

— John Dewey

“It sometimes strikes me that there is only one taboo left in young adult literature. By and large, no one complains any more when…

— M.T. Anderson

“…the primary trait of young adult literature is that the author’s emphasis is on plot and character and not on his own brilliance. And…

— Eliot Schrefer

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

“Children's literature as a literary aberration or at best a minor amusement is a notion held most strongly by people who read the fewest…

— Lloyd Alexander

The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.

— Gerald Brenan