Book Quote by Walter Dean Myers

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

I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not…

— E. L. Konigsburg

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

— Anonymous

I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.

— R. L. Stine

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 wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message…

— Joyce Meyer

“A book is not just paper and ink, it's a world full of dreams, imaginations, knowledge, awakening, emboldening and a lot, lot more invaluable…

— Jyoti Arora

Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to…

— Orville Prescott

“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

Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.

— Esther Meynell

Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women. I was…

— P. L. Travers