With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls.... Most of us assume there is something good ...in every child; the critics go from this to assume there is something good in every book written for a child. It is not a sound theory.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are too many coy books full of talking animals, whimsical children, and condescending adults. (Some of the most famous anima...ls in the world have talked, but they talked real talk and they weren't called silly names like Doody and Mooloo. They were called names like The Cheshire Cat and they asked sensible questions like "Did you say pig, or fig?")LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »