When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's…

“Children's books: Every time you find the right, the necessary, book for a child - a book about sadness overcome, unfairness battled, hearts mended…

— Katherine Applegate

“-and finally, to all of you who've come here tonight to celebrate children's books: every time you find the right, the necessary book for…

— Katherine Applegate

I was a book-y child. I was much more book-y than dark.

— Neil Gaiman

“Giving a child a book is better than any toy you can buy, even a fidget spinner.”

— Sonia Cunningham Leverette

“Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture book opens to a width that…

— Martha Parravano

“A book is not just paper and ink, it's a world full of dreams, imaginations, knowledge, awakening, emboldening and a lot, lot more invaluable…

— Jyoti Arora

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

— George Bernard Shaw

Never give a child a book you can't read!

— David Nasir

When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like…

— Mem Fox

I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from…

— Walter Dean Myers

When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are…

— Laura Bush

Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child,…

— Geoffrey Canada

“Read to a child today so they can discover the joy of reading.”

— Irene Menendez

I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books…

— Story Musgrave

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

— Anonymous