Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life. ”

Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that. ”

Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them. ”

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 carefully. ”

I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child. ”

A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood. ”

When I talk to children, I show them a typical drawing I made when I was six and point out to them that when I was their age, I didn't draw any better than any of them. ”

I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash. ”

Southeast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies of the way travel should be. ”

As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's clowns and kid's toys and bright colors and things like that. ”