“I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.” ChildrenBookLiteratureAdultsChildren's Literature Author:Lois Lowry
“One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.” KnowsWayChildrenDoeArtistLiteratureWonderKnow HowAlivePoetBlessedSense Of Wonder Author:Ella Maillart
“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.” PeopleWritingChildrenBookYoungLiteratureWishPowerfulAdultsChildren's Literature Author:Gabrielle Zevin
“Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.” NeedsFeelsChildrenPhilosophyLiteratureEgoStriveEducationalPsychological Book:The Interpretation of Dreams Source: The Interpretation of Dreams
“I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.” WantKindChildrenWould BeLiteratureTeachComedyUniversityInsaneSuspectsEnglish LiteratureDeeply In Love Author:Stephen Fry
“Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.” ShouldWritingChildrenBookLiteratureDifficultAdultsComplexesBloodyCounterpartsChildren Book Author:Mark Haddon
“I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.” WayKindChildrenKidsLiteratureParentAreasTownsLibraryLocalsMy Way Author:Neil Gaiman
“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
“[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she loves children and children's literature.” WritingChildrenBookWantedSchoolCoursesLiteratureTeacherMomMy MomLibrarianChildren's BooksElementary SchoolChildren LoveSchool TeachersChildren's Literature Author:Jenna Bush
“There are people whom even children's literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon.” PeopleChildrenLiteratureParticularEnjoymentPassagesSolomonChildren's Literature Author:Anton Chekhov
“There’s a different flavor to children’s literature you read after you grow up than there was reading it as a child. Things that were sweet as a child become bitter once you grow up.” ChildrenDifferentReadingLiteratureGrowsGrowing UpSweetBitterFlavorChildren's Literature Author:Mizuki Nomura
“The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the language. "Let it be a challenge to you" means you're stuck with it; "interpersonal relationships" is a fight between kids; "ancillary civic agencies for supportive discipline" means call the cops; "Language Arts Dept." is the English office; "literature based on child's reading level and experiential background" means that's all they've got in the Book Room; "non-academic-minded" is a delinquent; and "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble.” MeanChildrenArtBookKidsOrderFightingCoursesReadingLiteratureLanguageChallengesLevelsRoomsAttentionTroubleDisciplineOfficeStuckBackgroundsAgencyAcademicCopSupportiveFilesCivicsInterpersonalDelinquentsInterpersonal RelationshipLanguage Arts Book:Up the Down Staircase Source: Up the Down Staircase