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“I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.”

Children Book Literature Adults Children's Literature

Author:Lois Lowry

“I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.”

People Writing Children Book Young Literature Wish Powerful Adults Children's Literature

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“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.”

Needs Writing Kind Children Made Stills Book Stories Age Courses Literature Names Adults Fantastic Publish Fashionable Children's Books Children's Literature

Book:On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

Source: On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

“If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.”

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Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“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.”

Source: Read for Your Life #18

“a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children.”

Children Literature Strong Stuff Deals Childhood Adults Children's Literature

Author:Philippa Pearce

“Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults, and so I'd like to try a book for children. And I tell them that when they have learned enough to write for an adult perhaps a child will listen to them.”

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Book:Writing for Young People

Source: Writing for Young People

“There are too many coy books full of talking animals, whimsical children, and condescending adults. (Some of the most famous animals in the world have talked, but they talked real talk and they weren't called silly names like Doody and Mooloo. They were called names like The Cheshire Cat and they asked sensible questions like "Did you say pig, or fig?")”

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Author:Katharine Sergeant Angell White

“I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it.”

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Author:Gretchen Rubin

“I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so certain things will never pop up in a Snicket book. But I didn't know anything about writing for children when I started - this is the theme of naïveté creeping up on us once more - and I sort of still don't, and I'm happy that adults are reading them as well as children.”

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Author:Daniel Handler