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“Children's books do not exist in a vacuum, unrelated to literature as a whole. They are a portion of universal literature and must be…

— Lillian H. Smith

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they…

— Orson Scott Card

I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and the adult…

— Michael Rosen

Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something… My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.

— 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

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so.…

— David Walliams

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

— Vivek Shraya

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 don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.

— Neil Gaiman

Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read.

— Anonymous

With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls… Most of us assume there is something goodin every child; the…

— Katharine Sergeant Angell White

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very,…

— Mark Haddon