Kate DiCamillo Children Quotations

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I'm writing poems.

What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is for them to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.