Kidslit Quotes

“Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place.”
― Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

“There were fat cats and skinny cats. The long-tailed and the bobbed. The daring young leapers, and the old windowsill sleepers. Balls of waddling fluff, smooth-coated prowlers, and hairless ones that looked fragile and wise. The tiger-striped, the ring-tailed, and the ones with matching coloured socks and mittens. There were tabbies and calicos. Manx and Persians. Siamese and Bombay. Ragdolls and Birmans. Maine Coons and Russian Blues. There were Snowshoes and Somalis, Tonkinese and Turkish, and many, many more. Brown and beige and orange and grey and black and white and silver cats, each with gleaming eyes of emerald, or sapphire, or amber. A rainbow of precious stones.”
― Brooke Burgess, The Cat's Maw

“Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull no one would read them.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs

“My children's illustrated picture book, "The Flamingos Who Painted The Sky" shows how mythical stories - fairytales and legends are passed down, from one generation to the next.”
― Suzy Davies

“Always, I do,” Mrs. Christmas said emphatically. “Mind you, it’s different these days. Not many goin’ now. Football’s the new religion. Me, I like to go to
Saint Mary’s for the carols.”
― Suzy Davies, The Snow Queen

“Kindness is the seed from which real courage grows.”
― Anna Willis