I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes amaze book child
I write to satisfy the story or poem or piece of fascinating research that speaks to me. To rub a sore, to resonate with joy, to answer a question no one else has satisfactorily answered for me. Jane Yolen answerfascinatejoy Change image and share on social
If a parent wants to talk about slavery or wants to talk about countries where bombs go off, they need to have a way - a setting - to have that conversation. And there are wonderful books out there for those kinds of conversations. Jane Yolen bombbookconversation share on social
I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told. Jane Yolen carefantasticalreal Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short. Michael Morpurgo attentionchildremember Change image and share on social
The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do. Madonna Ciccone amazedancediscipline share on social