Children's Book Quotes

One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!

Mercy Watson is a pig. She lives with Mr. and Mrs. Watson, who are not pigs. I had that basic premise, but I couldn't make it work. I would come back to it, try it, see that I was failing, and put it aside.

I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.

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.

And that is a story that no one can beat, When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.

One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

I have a children's book already out and my autobiography.

I don't know how to write a children's book.

Papa, please get the moon for me.

Is it like a Harry Potter thing?" He turned his head then. "A what?" "A Harry Potter thing," she said again. "You know, don't say Voldemort's name because you might attract his attention?" He considered it. "You mean the children's book." "I have got to get you to watch more movies," she said. "You'd enjoy these. Yes, I mean the children's book.

[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.

I wrote my children's book because I believe there are children that are hurting and may need to know that there is love out there for them- God's love.

I'm not sure what to call 'Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.' Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction? But it is any Lego/'Star Wars' kid's dream. Call it spectacular.

My first children's book, 'Tickle Monster,' was inspired by tickling my son one evening.

When I choose the title [for my book], which was my favorite title, I felt sure there was going to be a dozen books maybe with that name already because it's so obvious to me that that's the message. I was surprised it hasn't been the title of a single book. Well, there is a Shel Silverstein children's book called Falling Upwards. But no one has chosen Falling Upward as a title and I'm very happy it's right on the cover.

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.

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.

Frank Baum knew at once he had written something special when he completed 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.'

I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working on a children's book for a while, and I'd like to see that through.

You make learning fun. Like a children’s book or after school special. Tell me about your…um, Athenian women.

My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three.

My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.

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.

Word leaked out that there's only one man playing all Loompas.

I think we sent Tony Fucile pictures of ourselves, photos from like when we were seven years old. That's what he worked from. He captured exactly what we looked like. I'd love to do another one with Alison, not just for the joy of writing, but also for the joy of watching Tony bring it to life with his illustrations. I'm hoping at BEA, or ALA, I'll get to meet Tony and shake his hand and thank him.