“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.” PeopleThinkingChildrenBookWishChildren's BooksPicture BooksLove Picture Author:Judy Blume
“Sometimes I'll say, "I wrote that book," and the person will look at you as if you're really strange. One time that happened to my daughter on a plane. She was sitting next to a girl who was reading one of my books and my daughter said, "My mother wrote that book." And the girl started to quiz my daughter, asking her all sorts of questions, like what are the names of Judy's children and where did she grow up. My daughter thought it was so funny.” IfsLooksChildrenPersonsSaidBookSometimesMotherGirlReadingNextNamesGrowsGrowing UpHappenedStrangeDaughterSittingAskingPlanesMy DaughterOne TimeQuiz Author:Judy Blume
“I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.” WritingTryingChildrenHardAbleSchool Author:Judy Blume
“I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.” WayChildrenLuckyWebsite Author:Judy Blume
“I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and spending it on a Nancy Drew mysteries. And I was probably eleven, twelve.” ChildrenRememberMysterySpendingTwelveTwinsElevenBookstoresDowntownNancyAllowanceNancy Drew Author:Judy Blume
“I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.” ChildrenTwoBookDifferentWould BeTogetherGirlSummerBackgroundsGetting OldGetting OlderChildren's BooksDifferent Backgrounds Author:Judy Blume
“I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.” PeopleWritingBelieveChildrenChildhoodConnected Author:Judy Blume
“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.” IfsWantChildrenPhilosophyKidsTogetherParentFreedomCensorshipReading For KidsChildren ReadingChildren About Reading Author:Judy Blume
“Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenBookKidsReading Author:Judy Blume
“I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.” ThinkingChildrenMorningIncludingBoxesEvery MorningCerealLove To ReadBreakfast Cereal Author:Judy Blume
“A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she has a question about, if she can go to her parents, great. Or else they will read right over it. It won't mean a thing. They are very good, I think, at monitoring what makes them feel uncomfortable. If something makes them feel uncomfortable they will put it down.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsMeanChildrenBookReadingParentWorryToo MuchPicksVery GoodUncomfortableOver ItMonitoring Author:Judy Blume
“The child from 9 to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.” WritingYearsChildrenInterestNine Author:Judy Blume
