“A children's writer should, ideally, be a dedicated semi-lunatic, a kind of poet with a marvelous idea, who, preferably, when not committing the marvellous idea to paper, does something else of a quite different kind, so as to acquire new and rich experience.” ShouldKindChildrenDoeIdeasDifferentLiteratureRichPoetPaperAcquireDedicatedDifferent KindsMarvelousLunaticMarvellousChildren's Literature Author:Joan Aiken
“since each child reads only about six hundred books in the course of childhood, each book should nourish them in some way - with new ideas, insight, humor, or vocabulary.” WayShouldChildrenBookIdeasCoursesChildhoodSixHundredInsightNew IdeasVocabulary Author:Joan Aiken
