Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at proper books, which means books without pictures. Anthony Browne More Quotes by Anthony Browne More Quotes From Anthony Browne Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. Anthony Browne left-behind age book I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book. Anthony Browne appreciation book children A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood. Anthony Browne childhood lonely character You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not between 'men' and 'women'. Anthony Browne men two people My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love. Anthony Browne brother mother teacher Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the design. Anthony Browne daddy design book The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background. Anthony Browne drawing battle littles As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book. Anthony Browne picture-books boys book The levy is already causing damage, for example, activities are being booked outside London and marginal investment decisions are seeing activity placed outside the UK. Anthony Browne business Proposals to consider could include the levy to be capped in terms of its rate and a sunset clause introduced so that banks can begin to plan for a future without the levy. Anthony Browne business This is important not only from the perspective of the location of international banking and capital markets activities, but also in terms of impacting upon the provision of credit to the domestic economy. Anthony Browne business Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive. Anthony Browne me man strong father Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life. Anthony Browne emotional healthy caring life As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. Anthony Browne bond picture child father Pictures are as evocative to me as smells. Anthony Browne evocative smells pictures me The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life. Anthony Browne picture age life children One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and thought he was a god or a superhero who could do anything. After that, I wrote my first positive book about fathers, about my dad. Anthony Browne day me god positive Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them. Anthony Browne respect care heart children Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that. Anthony Browne need will government children Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult. Anthony Browne artists find more difficult
