African american Quote by William H. Armstrong

After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know…

— E. L. Konigsburg

For almost every novel I've written, I've read the daily newspaper of the time almost as if it were my current subscription. For 'Two…

— Thomas Mallon

'Dear Mr. Henshaw' came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about a boy…

— Beverly Cleary

The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The…

— Christine Quinn

The first pages of any book I remember reading, in Pinner Wood primary school, were from The Beacon Readers: stories of Farmer Giles, Rover…

— Michael Rosen

The first book was called 'Oh My Dog,' and it's kind of a whole huge resource book on when you go adopt a dog…

— Beth Ostrosky Stern

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.

— Terry Pratchett

I didn't know children were expected to have literary heroes, but I certainly had one, and I even identified with him at one time:…

— Richard Dawkins

Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who…

— Sharon Creech

Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them.

— Michael Rosen

My first book was an open letter to my three daughters.

— Carol Burnett

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.

— Beverly Cleary