Books Quote by Rick Riordan

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading…

— Elizabeth Bowen

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

— Eleanor Catton

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

— Meg Wolitzer

Only when all children are in a book-loving environment will they achieve literacy, yes, but a lot more: a confidence in handling abstract ideas,…

— Michael Rosen

Every novelist should write something for children at least once in his lifetime.

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope…

— Rick Riordan

I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud to as…

— Jacqueline Wilson

Except I'm aware that as a writer you can't get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults. Children have…

— Alan Bradley

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

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

— Diane Duane

The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise. Parents are…

— E. M. Delafield