What did Beverly Cleary mean by: If you don’t see the book you want on the shelves, write it. - Beverly Cleary Author Copy
+ Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Ideas, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ What interests me is what children go through while growing up. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Children, Growing, Growing Up, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ All knowledge is valuable to a librarian. Feraz Zeid, August 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Beverly Cleary, Librarian, Valuable, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Bedtime, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ I didn’t start out writing to give children hope, but I’m glad some of them found it. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Children, Writing, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Fairy Tale, Library, Tales, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Book, Mother, Wise, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
+ If she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Beverly Cleary, Librarian, 0 - Beverly Cleary Author
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
