Age Quote by Vivek Shraya

A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at…

— Jan Brett

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 kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and…

— Rick Riordan

The greatest reward for a children's author is in knowing that our efforts might stir the minds and hearts of young readers with a…

— Charles Ghigna

My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book…

— Coy Bowles

This is what I believe is most important: getting good books into the hands of kids - books that will make them want to…

— James Patterson

“This is one of the chief differences between a child's experience of a favorite book and an educated adult's. For the adult, a book…

— Laura Miller

I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's…

— Penn Jillette

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

— David Duchovny

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should…

— Roald Dahl

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good.…

— Helen Dunmore

The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really…

— Grace Lin