"The best children’s books aren’t the ones that impart moral lessons. The best children’s books are..."

“The best children’s books aren’t the ones that impart moral lessons. The best children’s books are the ones that plant indelible memories and teach by way of detail: Madeline’s removed appendix; the ‘grisly’ pigeon that Eloise yells at until he flies over to the Sherry-Netherland. Who knows what a young reader will glom onto and why; a growing mind is populated arbitrarily.”



- Alice Gregory remembers her favorite book as a child: http://nyr.kr/1rrDISG (via newyorker)

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