Picture Books Quotes

I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark.

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.

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.

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.

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.