As adults, we've seen so much before that we often turn the pages of a picture book without really looking. Young children tend to look more... →
Anthony Browne
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures... →
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.
Anatole Broyard
Don't judge a book by its thickness either.
Craig Bruce
Each book first begins with a little idea.
Dick Bruna
I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format.
When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!
Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing... →
All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about... →
Steven Brust
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a... →
Jean de la Bruyere