Able Quote by Lev Grossman

In addition to exploring imaginative worlds, I believe that young people should have access to reading material that validates their life, that gives them…

— Theresa Breslin

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a story…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“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

Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are…

— Oliver Sacks

Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these…

— Kate Thompson

There are certain books that should be taken away from young writers; that should be prised out of their clutching fingers and locked away…

— Anne Enright

Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

— Jim Stynes

“I don't believe in telling people what they should do, so I'll tell you what you shouldn't do instead... young people can't write a…

— Lili Wilkinson

I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write, they would…

— John Boyne

“Teen books are like adult books, without all the bullshit.”

— Anonymous

This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what…

— Philip Pullman

And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their story. Or…

— Lauren Myracle