Quotes by Jean Craighead George

"Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book."
Jean Craighead George
"Fortunately, the sun has a wonderfully glorious habit of rising every morning"
Jean Craighead George
"I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic. Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods with brightness. It lighted the trees and made them warm and friendly. It stood tall and bright and held back the night."
Jean Craighead George
Jean Craighead George

Jean Carolyn Craighead George (July 2, 1919 – May 15, 2012) was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves...