Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child... Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they have no patience with pretence.

Orson Scott Card
Anything can become a children's book if you give it...
Anything can become a children's book if you give it...
Anything can become a children's book if you give it...
Anything can become a children's book if you give it...
About This Quote

The person who said these words was referring to the idea that books can be anything for anyone. A book is not obligated to be a certain way, but if children are reading it, it is obligated to be fun. This is because children have no patience for pretentiousness. If the book is serious, they will get bored and move on.

They don't read books to be wowed by authors and their fancy prose. They read books to be entertained and moved by the events in them.

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