I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books in the classroom, but that was it. I never read a single book outside of the classroom.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't read children's books when I was a child. The only books in our house were ration books.
I never wrote my books especially for children.
No one ever really read to me as a child.
I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.
I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.
When I was a kid, I loved having a book in my hand. I still do. I wasn't a fast reader, but I was a steady reader. I read all of The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and Cherry Ames books.
I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books.
I have never met an author who did not read voraciously as a child.
I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.