“When you love something as a kid, you never stop loving it; you just tuck that love away in a different spot in your heart.” Nikki Van Noy (Author: New Kids on the Block)
If you are a children’s writer………
You will never win the Nobel Prize or Pulitzer. You name will never figure on all the right lists in the literary world. You will never be taken seriously by fellow-writers. And your work will never get the accolades it deserves.
But what you will have is the deep, complete, lifelong love of your readers; an abiding affection not dimmed by the passage of time. And that is the greatest success any writer can hope to have.
A Lifetime of Love
Writers come and writers go, but nobody is ever loved as wholeheartedly and unconditionally as those who touched readers’ hearts in childhood. Favorite childhood books have a special place even in adult hearts and bookshelves. And these books are often the first to be introduced to children; much like handing over the family heirlooms down the generations.
In a recent poll in UK, more than half of the parents polled said their children read the same books as they did. And Roald Dahl was named the best children’s author of all time: by both parents and their children! Authors like Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, and Enid Blyton continue to hold their own with their timeless tomes. They write for an audience which is far less fickle in its loyalty.
Few in the literary world can ever hope to receive such enduring devotion from their audience. And that is what makes children’s writers so special.
Forever Friends
Only children can fling open their hearts to without reserve to literary characters. And build lifelong friendships with oddballs like ‘The cat in the hat’, ‘Matilda’, ‘Peter Rabbit’ and ‘Harry Potter’; friendships that lull their fears and gave wings to their imagination.
From the pages of books, children pluck out companions who will walk them into spaces that adults cannot. Together they will creep into beds, inhabit dreams and wander along in silences. Only children’s writers can hope to create these forever friends for their readers.
Special Writers
When asked how to make a child intelligent, Albert Einstein replied, “Read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
A fitting tribute to those special writers who entice children into worlds where endless possibilities lurk around every turn in the story.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302667/Roald-Dahl-named-best-childrens-author-time-parents-youngsters.html
