Children's Books Quotes - Page 8

• I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I'm one of them, but I'm not.

  Judy Blume

  Children, Love Picture, Book

  Interview with Kendra Ralston, www.nypl.org. November 19, 2002.

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• I’m one of those very lucky people who absolutely love what they do for a living. There is no career better suited to my eccentricities, strengths, and passions than that of a children’s book author.

  Mary Pope Osborne

  Children, Book, Passion

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• I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Jobs, Children, Book

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• If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.

  Laura Miller

  Children, Book, Lists

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• If you are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer.

  J. K. Rowling

  Children, Book, Writing

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• He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be art, the object of children's books is to whip the little rascals into shape.

  Katherine Paterson

  Art, Children, Book

  Katherine Paterson (2011). “Read for Your Life #18”, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.

  Louis Sachar

  Teacher, Children, Book

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• I have a children's book already out and my autobiography.

  Della Reese

  Children, Book, Autobiography

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• I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

  Lois Lowry

  Children, Book, Reading

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• I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read.

  Henning Mankell

  Children, Father, Book

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• 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 determined not to have this label of sentimentality put on me so I signed by my intials, hoping people wouldn't bother to wonder if the books were written by a man, woman or kangaroo.

  P. L. Travers

  Children, Book, Men

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• With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls.... Most of us assume there is something goodin every child; the critics go from this to assume there is something good in every book written for a child. It is not a sound theory.

  Katharine Sergeant Angell White

  Children, Book, Soul

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• I love Inuit art, and most anything you would find in a folk art museum, as well as children's art or children's book illustrators or illustrators in general - all the kinds of work that my paintings would draw comparisons to.

  Neil Farber

  Art, Children, Book

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's books today." Then I sit down and write a children's book, and if it takes more than, realistically, three hours, I feel like I've done something wrong.

  Michael Ian Black

  Children, Book, Writing

  "Michael Ian Black on his surprising turn as a noted children's book author". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. October 13, 2015.

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• I don't really read children's books or deal with children's books, so I don't have any relationship with them other than my own.

  Michael Ian Black

  Children, Book, Deals

  "Michael Ian Black on his surprising turn as a noted children's book author". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. October 13, 2015.

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• Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Children, Book

  "Mitch All Together". Live album by Mitch Hedberg, December 9, 2003.

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• There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.

  Philip Pullman

  Children, Book, Adults

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• 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 have no patience with pretence.

  Orson Scott Card

  Children, Book, Giving

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• It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.

  Cynthia Rylant

  Friendship, Inspiring, Novelists

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• Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.

  R. L. Stine

  Children, Fun, Book

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• Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.

  Richard Scarry

  Children, Book, Artist

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• I didn't write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about writing for children - children's books chose me. I think if it is a good book anyone will read it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Children, Book, Writing

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• When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It's not that I had this great idea. Actually, in my case, it was a great idea.

  Jo Nesbo

  Children, Book, Names

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• I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. … Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books. If the reading level of a specification is below college level, chances are the people behind it are morons and the result morose.

  Erik Naggum

  Children, Believe, Book

  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile." (Usenet article), groups.google.com. September 30, 2002.

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• There's a great place for good Christian children's books. After the upcoming projects I'm working on, I'd like to turn my attention back to children's books. Maybe with a granddaughter I'll have more inspiration and new ideas.

  Max Lucado

  Christian, Children, Book

  Source: ww2.christianpost.com

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