Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbitt is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. For her contributions as a children's writer, she was U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth28 July 1932
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
fun reading kids
The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of it. Reading should be a joy - fun, fun, fun - not a responsibility, not something you do because society demands it, but something you do because it's a pleasure.
life-and-love live-life forever
Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.
lonely reading bored
Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.
space people world
People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.
mother years feelings
my mother always found me out. Always. She's been dead for thirty-five years, but I have this feeling that even now she's watching.