“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.” ChildrenBookAgeYoungReadingAdultsYoung AdultReviewsGrandchildrenChildren's BooksMy Grandchildren Author:Lois Lowry
“I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end. I feel that if adults cannot enjoy a children’s book properly there is something wrong with either the book or the adult reading it. This of course, is just a smart way of saying I don't want to grow up.” IfsThinkingWayWantFeelsShouldChildrenBookEndsCoursesReadingGrowsEnjoyGrowing UpMagicChildhoodSmartAdultsAlways BelieveChildren's BooksMagic Of Childhood Author:Colin Thompson
“Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even in an age so ferociously anti-romantic as our own, to write fantastic stories for adults: though you will usually need to have made a name in some more fashionable kind of literature before anyone will publish them.” NeedsWritingKindChildrenMadeStillsBookStoriesAgeCoursesLiteratureNamesAdultsFantasticPublishFashionableChildren's BooksChildren's Literature Book:On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature Source: On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“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.” PeopleWellsMayChildrenLittlesArtBookYoungLiteratureViewsShareObjectsShapesAdultsIntelligentAimEducatedReportersEarnestWhipsChildren's BooksWell EducatedRascalsChildren's Literature Book:Read for Your Life #18 Source: Read for Your Life #18
“With the adult ones, I feel I need to get as deep inside the psychology of a character as I can, and that needs to be first-person. In the children's books, I feel I need some distance. I don't want to be the nine-year-old at the center of the story. I need to have some type of narrative voice.” WantNeedsFeelsYearsFirstsChildrenPersonsI CanBookCharacterStoriesVoicePsychologyTypeAdultsDistanceNineNarrativeFirst PersonDeep InsideNine YearsChildren's BooksNarrative Voice Author:John Boyne
“I don't change the language for children books. I don't make the language simpler. I use words that they might have to look up in the dictionary. The books are shorter, but there's just not that much difference other than that to be honest. And the funny thing is, I have adult writer friends [to whom I would say], "Would you think of writing a children's book?" and they go, "No, God, I wouldn't know how." They're quite intimidated by the concept of it. And when I say to children's books writers, would they write an adult book, they say no because they think they're too good for it.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLooksChildrenBookUseMightLanguageDifferencesKnow HowHonestConceptsAdultsBeing HonestLook UpDictionaryFunny ThingsIntimidatedDon't ChangeChildren's BooksChildren BookChildrens Book Author:John Boyne
“Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's book - which might surprise you because I think a lot of people think it's the other way around.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWritingChildrenBookMightKnow HowAdultsSurpriseSuperiorsChildren's Books Author:John Boyne
“It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one's adult enjoyment of what are called 'children's books.' I think the convention a silly one. No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty-except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all. A mature palate will probably not much care for crème de menthe: but it ought still to enjoy bread and butter and honey.” ThinkingChildrenHas BeensStillsBookCareAgeCoursesReadingSpeakGrowsEnjoyInformationOughtTenAdultsSillyBreadToneEnjoymentFiftyMatureHoneyUsualConventionsImaginativeChildren's BooksPalateApologeticWorth ReadingBread And Butter Book:Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories Source: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
“I labored for eight years thinking that I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.” ThinkingWritingYearsLooksChildrenBookWrittenChildhoodAdultsEightPublishersWriting A BookNostalgicChildren's Books Author:Jeff Kinney
“Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself.” IfsKnowsShouldChildrenBookLiteraturePoorReaderAdultsRelationChildren's Books Author:David Walliams
“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.” ChildrenBookFictionSubjectsAdultsThemeChildren's Books Author:Philip Pullman
“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.” FeelsChildrenBookFunTeachTheoryAdultsChildren's BooksJust For Fun Author:R. L. Stine
“I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult books, the kind with no pictures or conversations.” IfsKindChildrenLongBookBodyMiddleConversationAdultsDullChildren's Books Author:Neil Gaiman