Books Quote by Michael Rosen

I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult subjects. I've…

— Judy Blume

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same…

— Mark Haddon

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

— Arnold Lobel

For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing…

— Rick Riordan

Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more…

— Margaret Mahy

“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

Writing for children is the toughest thing.

— Sudha Murty

The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher…

— Mark Haddon

Kids love to be silly, they love to laugh, so I think it was natural for my kids to like the sort of books…

— Michael Ian Black

I have boys, and boys are particularly resistant to reading books. I had some success recently with Sherman Alexie's great young adult novel 'The…

— Nick Hornby

Picture books are more difficult for me because it is telling a huge story in the least amount of words.

— Renee Watson