Literary Birthday – 14 November – Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren was born 14 November 1907, and died 28 January 2002.

Astrid Lindgren Quotes

1. A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.
2. Someone who is very strong has to be very nice also.
3. What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.
4. Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination.
5. I want to write for a readership that can create miracles. Children create miracles when they read. That’s why children need books.
6. A child, alone with his book, creates for himself, somewhere in the secret recesses of the soul, his own pictures which surpass all else. Such pictures are necessary for humanity. On the day that the children’s imagination no longer has the strength to create them, on that day humanity will be poorer. All great things that have happened in the world, happened first of all in someone’s imagination, and the aspect of the world of tomorrow depends largely on the extent of the power of imagination in those who are just now learning to read. This is why children must have books.

Source for Quotes

Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. She is best known for her children’s book series featuring Pippi Longstocking. The author created a source of relief and mutual empowerment for her young characters and readers alike. She is the world’s 18th most translated author and has sold 144 million books worldwide.

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by Amanda Patterson

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