56 Quotes About Children S Literature

Come, my child, " I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries."" Good-bye, poor hare! " Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her self-command gave way. Pulling her hand out of mine, she ran back to where the dead hare was lying, and flung herself down at its side in such an agony of grief as I could hardly have believed possible in so young a child." Oh, my darling, my darling! " she moaned, over and over again. "And God meant your life to be so beautiful! . Lewis Carroll

For I need not remind such an audience as this that the neat sorting out of books into age-groups, so dear to publishers, has only a very sketchy relation with the habits of any real readers. Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us. No reader worth his salt trots along in obedience to a time-table. C.s. Lewis

Because we are human we have a long childhood, and one of the jobs of that childhood is to sculpt our brains. We have years--about twelve of them--to draw outlines of the shape we want our sculpted brain to take. Some of the parts must be sculpted at critical times. One cannot, after all, carve out toes unless he knows where the foot will go. We need tools to do some of the fine work. The tools are our childhood experiences. And I'm convinced that one of those experiences must be children's books. And they must be experienced within the early years of our long childhood. E.L. Konigsburg

One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel is right. Annie Bryant

Have a little faith in your sons. This journey will be the making of them. C.J. Milbrandt

Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't soar free. C.J. Milbrandt

Ganix didn't need to make friends. Everyone was a friend! C.J. Milbrandt

Your name isn't Sniffles?" Ewan pretended to be surprised. C.J. Milbrandt

Calico KittyMy calico kittywas painted and primedshe could prowlthe night away ~without spending a dime... Muse

There is no limit to what a person can do that has been inspired by the arts! Editor

We are God's chosen people. We are God's treasured possession. Let us rise in mighty strength to possess our rightful places as God's children. Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my deepest roots. Andrea Koehle Jones

I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people. Margaret Wise Brown

In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own. Margaret Wise Brown

I’m planting a tree to teach me to make the world a better place. Unknown

I’m planting a tree to remind me to be open and kindhearted. Unknown

We create our work for children not because they're "cute, " but because they're human beings, deserving of respect. Mo Willems

Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay forever. Abhijit Naskar

Down vith children! Do them in! Boil their bones and fry their skin! Bish them, sqvish them, bash them, mash them! Brrreak them, shake them, slash them, smash them! Offer chocs vith magic powder! Say “Eat up! ” then say it louder. Crrram them full of sticky eats, Send them home still guzzling sveets. And in the morning little fools Go marching off to separate schools. A girl feels sick and goes all pale. She yells, “Hey look! I've grrrown a tail! ” A boy who's standing next to her Screams, “Help! I think I'm grrrowing fur! ” Another shouts, “Vee look like frrreaks! There's viskers growing on our cheeks! ” A boy who vos extremely tall Cries out, “Vot's wrong? I'm grrrowing small! ” Four tiny legs begin to sprrrout From everybody rrround about. And all at vunce, all in a trrrice, There are no children! Only MICE! . Roald Dahl

The smaller girl hid her eyes with her hands, and Ewan smiled. Did she think that would make her invisible? C.J. Milbrandt

It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children. Heidi Schulz

Every book has it's destiny, Like a human life , Sometime when an Author is dead the destiny of the book begins" The days of Childhood ! ! ! ! ! Tushar Upreti

I left a note for my mother. I always leave a note for my mother when I am on a case. Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Children may not understand all that's happening below the surface of a story. It doesn't matter. Because even though they may not be able to define or verbalize it, they sense there's something more than meets the eye; on an almost subliminal level, they're aware of a richness of texture, or meaning and emotion -- a richness that, in a great book, is inexhaustible. And the child may well come back to it again and again, perhaps long after he's stopped being a child. . Lloyd Alexander

Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule, but with common-sense exceptions), courteous (especially to the elderly, no matter their apparent social station), and kind (to anyone in obvious need), even a child can succeed where those who seem more qualified have failed. And this precisely what children most need to hear. To let them go on believing that the world is safe, that they will be provided for and achieve worthwhile things even if they remain stupid, shirk integrity, despise courtesy, and act only from self-interest, that they ought to rely on those stronger, smarter, and more able to solve their problems, would be the gravest disservice: to them, and to society as a whole.- On the Supposed Unsuitability of Fairytales for Children . J. Aleksandr Wootton

If you ever meet someone who thinks they are so special, the best thing to do is smile. You don’t have to say anything. Be friendly and then go doyour best. That will make you special, too! Jeff Hutchins

The literature of childhood abounds with evidence that the peaks of a child's experience are not visits to the cinema, or even family outings to the sea, but occasions when he escapes into places that are disused and overgrown and silent. To a child there is more joy in a rubbish tip than a flowery rockery, in a fallen tree than a piece of statuary, in a muddy track than a gravel path. Iona Opie

[There are] games children must conjure up to combat an awful fact of childhood: the fact of their vulnerability to fear, anger, hate and frustration - all the emotions that are an ordinary part of their lives and that they can perceive only as as ungovernable and dangerous forces. To master these forces, children turn to fantasy: that imagined world where disturbing emotional situations are solved to their satisfaction. Maurice Sendak

So that it isn't upsetting to anybody. It's something we've always known about fairy tales — they talk about incest, the Oedipus complex, about psychotic mothers, like those of Snow White and Hansel and Gretel, who throw their children out. They tell things about life which children know instinctively, and the pleasure and relief lie in finding these things expressed in language that children can live with. You can't eradicate these feelings — they exist and they're a great source of creative inspiration. . Maurice Sendak

As far as I can tell, it doesn't make any difference to adults how clever children are. They always stick together. Unless you are sick or dying or mortally wounded, they will always side with the other adult. R.L. LaFevers

Childhood is the time and children's books are the place for powerful emotions, powerful language, powerful art... There is no room for cutesy books, dull books, or books that talk down. Children are not inferior. They may be small in stature but not in what they feel, think, listen, and see. Betsy Hearne

Angel of Fire is about an ordinary boy to whom extraordinary things happen Wendy Milton

Where do starfish come from?” asked Sam.“From the sky, ” answered Stella. “Starfish are shooting stars that fell in love with the sea.”“ Weren’t the stars afraid of drowning?” asked Sam.“No, ” said Stella. “They all learned how to swim. MarieLouise Gay

It’s okay to dress up like another person, but never try to be someone else. Just try to be yourself, because that’s what makes you special. Oh, and watch out if a dragon ever starts to dance ballet. Jeff Hutchins

Children are sacred beings. Lailah Gifty Akita

To be a good writer, become a good listener. Cynthia Briggs

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up."~ Happy birthday Ogden Nash! (born 8.19.1902) Ogden Nash

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth. Dr. Seuss

It was a well-known fact that keeping track of time was not Parry Pretty's forte... If time were Parry's pet, it would have died tied to a tree somewhere out back long ago. S.J. Musgraves

Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that? Heidi Schulz

The dying bees, the Antarctic melt, the mountains of old tires, the incessant toxic belch of factories that make Batman bobbleheads for Happy Meals. Off-gassing couches! Cancerous tinned tomatoes! Imprisoned killer whales! Our breastmilk is poisoned. We live absurdedly, ridiculously. OUR BREASTMILK IS POISONED. Try and explain even one sliver of it to a kid, just one angle of a thousand, and you'll see the face of the world's most incredulous and urgent WTF.We have little to recommend us, and we know it. We shrug. Rasmus Krook is the Captain of the Griffons. He doesn't shrug. Kate Inglis

Before he got too far, he thought he smelled a fire. No sooner did he blink before he sensed something dire. He heard a sound and froze, danger tickling his nose. His ears perked up as tiny cries of capture rose. J.Z. Bingham

Kat held her head high as she met the King's eye. Her stare was bold, yet sweet, and it would not die. Gansevort looked down into these dark, green pools. And soon his tone softened as he bought her ruse. J.Z. Bingham

No matter how different one looks or may seem, all are just shades in the colorful rainbow of life that loves everyone, no matter if they are short, purple, or green. Jennifer Sodini

When you are falling short in vocabulary to explain the emotion in your story. Than you are writing the right story Tushar Upreti

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children’s book. In adult literary fiction, stories are there on sufferance. Other things are felt to be more important: technique, style, literary knowingness… The present-day would-be George Eliots take up their stories as if with a pair of tongs. They’re embarrassed by them. If they could write novels without stories in them, they would. Sometimes they do. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them. We all need stories, but children are more frank about it. Philip Pullman

A child s a special possession from God. Lailah Gifty Akita

This is where the pivotal events of my childhood unfolded, while I ate banana and root beer Popsicles, two by two, tucking the sticks neatly under the skirt of the chair. It's where Sunnybank Lad met Lady, Ken met his friend Flicka, Atlanta burned, Manderley burned, Lassie came home, Jim ran away, Alice got small, Wilbur got big, David Copperfield was born, Beth died, and, on an endless gloomy winter afternoon, Jody shot his yearling. Jo Ann Beard

Children see beauty in everything. Lailah Gifty Akita

Daa-r'uu Wee-z'oo."-Ettie the Explorer Lynn Holland

Sunny was a treat to read. It is most appealing as the story is very well done and the artwork is beautiful. I applaud the author for writing a book to meet the needs of very young children as well as children of elementary school age. I experienced many different feelings as I read the book and I know otehrs will experience the same thing. The guide to further discussion at the end of teh book will be most helpful as foster parents read this story to the children in their care. Theresa MacInnis Schimmel