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Philippa Pearce

  • “The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between his present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the same for his child-characters in reverse — makes the connection between their present childhood and their future maturity. That their maturity is never visibly achieved makes no difference; the promise of it is there.”

    • Philippa Pearce,
    • "The Writer's View of Childhood," in The Horn Book ()

  • “... a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children.”

    • Philippa Pearce,
    • "The Writer's View of Childhood," in The Horn Book ()

Philippa Pearce, English children's writer

(1920 - 2007)