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I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unplug ourselves from our collective past.

I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unplug ourselves from our collective past.

E. L. Konigsburg
Children, Book, Past
E. L. Konigsburg (1995). “Talktalk: a children's book author speaks to grown-ups”, Atheneum Books

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

E. L. Konigsburg
Children, Born, Oldest Child
E.L. Konigsburg (2015). “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, p.83, Pushkin Press

Kids want acceptance from their peers, but in two different, opposing ways: They want to be like everyone else and they want to be different from everyone else. So the question is: How do you reconcile these opposing longings?

E. L. Konigsburg
Children, Kids, Acceptance

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