A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.
Interpretation
A good picture book resonates with the reader, much like a melody that evokes emotion.
Margaret Wise Brown highlights the intrinsic beauty and rhythm of a well-crafted picture book, suggesting that the storytelling within it produces a unique emotional resonance, akin to a melody that captivates and enchants. This metaphor emphasizes the importance of both visual and narrative elements in children's literature, where the combination creates a harmonious experience for the reader.
In practice
During a reading event, I used this quote to highlight the artistic value of children's books.
In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.
I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.
We have no longer an outside and an inside as two separate things. Now the outside may come inside and the inside may and does go outside. They are of each other. Form and function thus become one in design and execution if the nature of materials and method and purpose are all in unison.
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn.
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