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Children's Book Quotes

I didn’t write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about writing for children - children’s books chose me. I think if it is a good book anyone will read it Picture Quote #1

There’s a new children’s book that’s coming out that features Sarah Palin as a hero. I don’t want to give away the ending, but we finally find out who shot Bambi’s mother Picture Quote #1

My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures I drew in my notebook. She said I should try writing children’s books, and so I did Picture Quote #1

When you’re an established name, you know that a children’s book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It’s not that I had this great idea. Actually, in my case, it was a great idea Picture Quote #1

[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 Picture Quote #1

I think what makes good children’s books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I don’t write anything - put anything in my books - that I’d be embarrassed to put in an adult book Picture Quote #1

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I began illustrating children’s books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative Picture Quote #1

If I give a book as a gift, it is invariably a children’s book with beautiful artwork and a simple text. I adore the feel of them, the care taken in the artwork, and the high visual stimulation that sets off the simple but often powerful message the text conveys Picture Quote #1

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children’s book . . Picture Quote #1

I wrote ‘I’m Me’ because I was asked to write a children’s book Picture Quote #1

It’s hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children’s book I am mistaken for a parenting expert Picture Quote #1

People think writing a children’s book is something you could do in an afternoon but it’s actually really hard Picture Quote #1

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There’s only one test of a great children’s book, or a great children’s film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children’s film, or a great children’s book Picture Quote #1

To me one of the most important things is launching a children’s book division Picture Quote #1

For me, a good children’s book is a good children’s book is a good children’s book Picture Quote #1

We are still vulnerable to gender-targeted marketing no matter how carefully we edit our children’s bookshelves Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children’s books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don’t want to do that Picture Quote #1

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Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that’s how I started doing children’s books Picture Quote #1

Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties Picture Quote #1

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list Picture Quote #1

I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about writing for children - children’s books chose me. I think if it is a good book anyone will read it (Children's Book Quotes) There’s a new children’s book that’s coming out that features Sarah Palin as a hero. I don’t want to give away the ending, but we finally find out who shot Bambi’s mother (Children's Book Quotes) My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures I drew in my notebook. She said I should try writing children’s books, and so I did (Children's Book Quotes) When you’re an established name, you know that a children’s book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It’s not that I had this great idea. Actually, in my case, it was a great idea (Children's Book Quotes) [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 (Children's Book Quotes) I think what makes good children’s books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I don’t write anything - put anything in my books - that I’d be embarrassed to put in an adult book (Children's Book Quotes) I began illustrating children’s books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative. (Children's Book Quotes) If I give a book as a gift, it is invariably a children’s book with beautiful artwork and a simple text. I adore the feel of them, the care taken in the artwork, and the high visual stimulation that sets off the simple but often powerful message the text conveys. (Children's Book Quotes) I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children’s book . . . (Children's Book Quotes) I wrote ‘I’m Me’ because I was asked to write a children’s book (Children's Book Quotes) It’s hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children’s book I am mistaken for a parenting expert. (Children's Book Quotes) People think writing a children’s book is something you could do in an afternoon but it’s actually really hard. (Children's Book Quotes) There’s only one test of a great children’s book, or a great children’s film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children’s film, or a great children’s book. (Children's Book Quotes) To me one of the most important things is launching a children’s book division (Children's Book Quotes) For me, a good children’s book is a good children’s book is a good children’s book (Children's Book Quotes) We are still vulnerable to gender-targeted marketing no matter how carefully we edit our children’s bookshelves. (Children's Book Quotes) 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. (Children's Book Quotes) It seems to me that not only the writing in most children’s books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don’t want to do that. (Children's Book Quotes) Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that’s how I started doing children’s books. (Children's Book Quotes) Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties (Children's Book Quotes) If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list (Children's Book Quotes) I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it (Children's Book Quotes)

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