ladde of years
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“As a picture-book artist, I don’t think one can ever be too much on the side of the child.”
--Helen Oxenbury
“Up to a point , a child is more tactile than verbal: holding hands, holding his or her bottle or rattle … and being held is what matters at first. School—and focusing on the words in books—comes later. I thought there should be a bridge between.”
--Eric Carle
“I think the cartoon characters in the Knuffle Bunny books are more real than the photographic backgrounds. They’re purer than more realistic drawings … would have been, because their design focuses on their emotional side.”
--Mo Willems
“In my books, I don’t want to teach. What I have done might better be described as ‘teaching without teaching.’”
--Mitsumasa Anno