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Quote by Eve Bunting

“You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel.”

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Eve Bunting is an American children's literature writer, born in December 1928. Her works are known for their warm stories and profound emotions, which are greatly appreciated by both children and parents. more

“Then began an experience that turned my life around-working on a book with a black kid as hero. None of the manuscripts I'd been illustrating featured any black kids-except for token blacks in the background. My book would have him there simply because he should have been there all along. Years before I had cut from a magazine a strip of photos of a little black boy. I often put them on my studio walls before I'd begun to illustrate children's books. I just loved looking at him. This was the child who would be the hero of my book.”

“When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.”

Ideas Garden Clean Closets Lawns

Author:Kevin Henkes

“Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.”

Trying Helping Imagination Painting Scene Drawing

Author:Kevin Henkes

“My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.”

Writing Ideas Would Be Young Worry Advice Products Creating Finished Journal Bad Ideas Be Young Keeping A Journal

Author:Kevin Henkes

“Ever since I was very young, as far back as I can remember, I have loved making pictures. I knew even as a child that, when I grew up, I would be an artist of some kind. The lovely feeling of my pencil touching paper, a crayon making a star shape in my sketchbook, or my brush dipping into bright and colorful paints — these things affect me as joyfully today as they did all those years ago.”

Years Kind Children I Can Feelings Would Be Today Remember Young Artist Stars Grew Shapes Paper Grew Up Years Ago Paint Lovely Touching Brushes Pencils Colorful Crayon Sketchbooks

Author:Eric Carle

“One day I think it's the greatest idea ever that I'm working on. The next day I think it's the worst that I've ever worked on - and I swing between that a lot. Some days I'm very happy with what I'm doing, and the next day I am desperate - it's not working out!”

Thinking Ideas Next Worst One Day Work Out Desperate Swings Very Happy Next Day

Author:Eric Carle

“Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word novel. We, picture-book people, or at least I, start out with 200,000 words and I reduce it to 20”

People Ifs Thinking Way Writing Book Ideas Novel Wind Novelists Picture Books

Author:Eric Carle

“The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years”

Years Ideas Hardest Developing

Author:Eric Carle

“Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.”

Want Giving Ready

Author:William Steig

“To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.”

Writing Children Book Adults Telling The Truth Children's Books

Author:William Steig

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