Accidents Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

Books, the children of the brain.

— Jonathan Swift

Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train…

— Agnes Repplier

Sadly, there are many children who have not yet been given the chance to 'discover the magic of reading, or set foot in the…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

All of my children's books are attempts to tap into what I believe to be children's, and to some extent human beings', fantasies.

— David Baddiel

Books! The chosen depositories of the thoughts, the opinions, and the aspirations of mighty intellects; like wondrous mirrors that have caught and fixed bright…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Great children's books are wisdom dipped in words and art.

— Peter H. Reynolds

Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.

— Philip Yancey

Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to…

— Orville Prescott

Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a…

— Chris Van Allsburg

The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.

— Bill Crawford

Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and…

— Morris Gleitzman