“My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.” WarKidsMotherFatherLiteratureGamesTaughtTenLaysAncientBridgesRomeElevenEnglish LiteraturePedestriansAncient RomeWar Games Author:Bernie Taupin
“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
“Realism is a very sophisticated form of literature, a very grown-up one. And that may be its weakness. But fantasy seems to be eternal and omnipresent and always attractive to kids.” MaySeemsKidsFormLiteratureFantasyEternalWeaknessAttractiveRealismSophisticated Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“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
“Jackson and I spent the day together, just me and him and his children. Little underlings came and went. The P.R. person came and went... It was just Michael and me and the kids. And it was very, very interesting.” ChildrenLittlesPersonsKidsTogetherLiteratureInterestingVery Interesting Author:Geraldo Rivera
“But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.” PeopleKnowsDifferentRunningKidsSchoolCoursesLiteratureAnimalWatchesMorningMillionsTelevisionReadyEightTeethBrushingDifferent Animals Author:Katie Couric
“When people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not only a child, I was, better still, a weird little kid, and though I would never choose to give my own children this particular preparation for life, there are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.” PeopleGivingChildrenLittlesStillsKidsAsksLiteratureMy OwnParticularPreparationAsk MeHelpfulLittle KidChildren's Literature Book:Read for Your Life #18 Source: Read for Your Life #18