Adventure Quote by Peter Straub

I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us,…

— Beverly Cleary

To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked…

— Cynthia Voigt

You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels,…

— Sonia Levitin

I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries.

— Eleanor Catton

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.

— Martin Cruz Smith

Young people looking for adventure fiction now generally turn to fantasy, but for those of a certain age, the spy thriller has long been…

— Michael Dirda

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

— Maurice Sendak

One of the things that has puzzled me the most in my years of serious mystery reading is why there are relatively few standout…

— Sarah Weinman

“I have always loved books for their reassuring heft, for their promise of new words, for their air of mystery, for their characters who…

— Monica Wood

When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked…

— Michelle Magorian

I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books to read…

— Robin Hobb

When I was growing up, if there was a Young Adult section of my town's library, I missed it. I wandered right from 'The…

— Erin Morgenstern