Childrens Books Quotes

“There once was a dog named Bonnie who had lived in a library since she was a puppy.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

“You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
― Lewis Carroll

“While Bonnie may love her books, her favorite thing of all is when kids from the school come over to visit.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

“She learned to read and speak by reading all of the books in her library.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read about good and evil, love and hate, life and death. Nor do I think they should read only about things that they understand. '…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.' So should a child’s. For myself, I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children.

(from the author's acceptance speech for the Caldecott award)”
― Barbara Cooney, Chanticleer and the Fox

“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story.”
― C.S. Lewis, On Three Ways of Writing for Children

“Always just a brainstorm away from our next disaster...”
― Birgit Pratcher, June Bear Adventures: The Missing Pies

“I blew that clay pigeon to smithereens. I don't know why Mum got so upset. According to Uncle Andrew she's a crack shot herself. But she says I'm too young. What I'd like to know is how old does a person have to be before they get to do all the fun stuff?”
― R. L. LaFevers, Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

“This is for everyone who has ever looked at the stars, or gazed from atop a hill, or across the sea and wondered...”
― Tim Perkins, Worlds End: Volume 1: The Riders on the Storm

“Life is but a flash of time, a momentous flicker-- in the life that we know and space we live in on earth.© VW”
― Virginia Wright, Buzzzzzzzz...: What Honeybees Do

“Books nurtured, guided and comforted me as a child. Books were my substitute parents and teachers, when the adults in my life failed me.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“Oh no, princess. I would never carry out anything which could harm your being. This was just something I was told to say. I'm not sure what is planned, if, you go against their wishes. But, I'm sure you're smart and won't test them.”
― Chayada Welljaipet, The Adventures of Luciana

“Protect us bees,
Don’t burn our hives.
Protect us bees
And spare our lives.
We pollinate trees,
And now you know,
Without us bees,
Some plants won’t grow.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman, The Last Honey Bee

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― Jerry Evans

“Wherever I go, My wyld heart knows...”
― Adeline Louise, Wyatt in the Wyld: My Wyld Heart Knows

“Who is in the trash every night? Whose suits are impeccable? Whose fur is just right? It's Business Raccoon!”
― Andy Gutman, Business Raccoon

“He noticed people watching from inside the house.”
― Yevgen Azarenkov, The New Adventures of Dzhikoni

“Nature carries secret messages, if only we are quiet enough to listen.”
― Angela Ehrlich, Zahra and the Secret Inside the Raindrop: Zahra Sees the World Differently. A Heartwarming Story About Autism, Friendship, and the Power of Love

“Nature doesn't shout its secrets; it whispers them in the scritch-scratch of the leaves, inviting curious children and tiny creatures alike to share in the rhythm of the earth.”
― Floor de Jonge, Scritch-Scratch, What's That Batch?: A Shrew's Tale of Compost, Friendship and New Beginnings

“Same soul, Different feet”
― Mike Normart, Teddy's Adventures: The Day Teddy Turned Human

“What did you find, with your curious mind?”
― Sarah Ransom, What did you find with your curious mind?: The story of Avalon, the curious pup

“Those of us who are children's literature enthusiasts tend to be somewhat idealistic, believing that some book, some story, some poem can speak to each individual child, and that if we have the time and resources, we can find that book and help to change that child's life, if only for a brief time, and only for a tiny bit. On the other hand, we are realistic enough to know that literature, no matter how powerful, has its limits. It won't take the homeless off our streets; it won't feed the starving of the world; it won't stop people from attacking each other because of our racial differences; it won't stamp out the scourge of drugs. It could, however, help us to understand each other better by helping to change our attitudes towards difference. When there are enough books available that can act as both mirrors and windows for all our children, they will see that we can celebrate both our differences and our similarities, because together they are what make us all human.”
― Rudine Sims Bishop

“Brave isn't when you're not scared.
Brave is when you're scared,
and you do it anyway.”
― Eleanor Plum, Brave Little Nora and the Shot: A gentle story about being brave at the doctor

“No other group of writers is as subject to direction, pressures, taboos, theories, and doctrines as is the group which writes for children. Some of these pressures are the result of the old honest profit-and-loss motive and we are told how to write what will sell. Much of the pressure comes from a new shibboleth with which the present era is very much concerned, namely "Mass Communication" which I define, in my private mind, as "It doesn't matter how little you say or how shabby the content if only enough people hear you." The taboos, theories, and doctrines have their inception, for the most part, in the altruistic and idealistic drive of people who want to make the world a better place to live in by prescribing their own dogmas for the minds of children; or by the educators, psychologists, and miscellaneous specialists who know what should be said and how to say it and when it should be said. This latter group change their minds about every ten years, thus insuring that no parent will understand the educational system to which his child is submitted.”
― Frances Clarke Sayers, Summoned by books: essays and speeches by Frances Clarke Sayers

“Ammit waited beneath the scales. She was not a punishment. She was the end of the record.”
— Egyptian Legends, Mythological Creatures”
― Mythological Creatures, Mythological Creatures Field Guide: Egyptian Legends: Meet 15 of Egypt's Most Powerful Gods and Monsters

“The labyrinth was not built to keep the Minotaur in. It was built so that no one would have to look at him.”
— Greek Myths, Mythological Creatures”
― Mythological Creatures, Mythological Creatures Field Guide: Greek Myths: Meet 15 of Ancient Greece's Most Fearsome Monsters

“Fenrir had harmed no one. The gods chained him for something he had not done yet — and the chaining is what made certain he would.”
— Norse Sagas, Mythological Creatures”
― Mythological Creatures, Mythological Creatures Field Guide: Norse Sagas: Meet 15 of the Viking World's Mightiest Beasts

“Bow to a kappa and it will bow back. The water spills from the dish on its head, and its strength goes with it. Good manners, not courage.”
— Japanese Yokai, Mythological Creatures”
― Mythological Creatures, Mythological Creatures Field Guide: Japanese Yokai: Meet 15 of Japan's Most Legendary Creatures

“The Nian came once a year, and feared three things: fire, loud noise, and the colour red. Every New Year since has been a warding-off that most people have forgotten was ever one.”
— Chinese Beasts, Mythological Creatures”
― Mythological Creatures, Mythological Creatures Field Guide: Chinese Beasts: Meet 15 of Ancient China's Most Incredible Creatures

“Never give a pig a bubble bath!
He’ll cannonball in—then laugh and laugh!”
― Soraya Shukair, Never Give a Pig a Bubble Bath!