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Picture Books Quotes

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books. Margaret Mahy
Dick Bruna quote: "I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best..."
I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format. Dick Bruna
William Goldman quote: "When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And..."
When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it. William Goldman
There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do. Jack Prelutsky
I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career. Al Yankovic
The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book. Margaret Mahy
The whole of world history often seems to me nothing more than a picture book which portrays humanity's most powerful and a senseless desire - the desire to forget. Does not each generation, by means of suppression, concealment, and ridicule, efface what the previous generation considered most important? Herman Hesse
Cornelia Funke quote: "I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth,..."
I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there. Cornelia Funke
Carol Ann Duffy quote: "I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales. Carol Ann Duffy
I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book. Emile Hirsch
Arthur Helps quote: "A man's action is only a picture book of his creed."
A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. Arthur Helps
If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed. Mark Haddon
With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. Beverly Cleary
And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat. Berkeley Breathed
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? David Attenborough

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