Book Quote by Laurie Anderson

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

— Judy Blume

I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting…

— Enid Blyton

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher…

— Jeff Kinney

A long time ago, I had an idea to make a book for preschoolers who had older siblings who were going to school.

— Lynne Rae Perkins

I never thought I was writing for kids at all. It really shocked and unsettled me to hear kids were buying the books. If…

— Jeff Kinney

I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as a children's…

— Ruskin Bond

I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all…

— Rebecca Serle

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading…

— Kate DiCamillo

We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children.

— Tom Fletcher

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the…

— Amy Tan

I had someone ask me, they thought I was doing a kids' book for some reason. I think my book reads like a kids'…

— Nate Bargatze

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

— Mark Kurlansky