The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it,… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Skill sheets, workbooks, basal reader, flash cards are not enough. To convey meaning you need someone sharing the meaning and flavor of real stories… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
You became a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Imagine what our culture would be like if Americans sold ideas, words, and books with the same creativity we use to sell designer jeans,… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Reading aloud is the best advertisement because it works. It allows a child to sample the delights of reading and conditions him to believe… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
We have instant pudding, instant photos, instant coffee—but there are no instant adults. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
“This is not a book about teaching a child how to read; it's about teaching a child to want to read. There's an education… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Each day millions of children arrive in American classrooms in search of more than reading and math skills. They are looking for a light… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that doesn't read… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Amid the push to excellence, with its measurement and accountability, it is easy to lose sight of a key ingredient in reading a book… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
“What happened to the classics?" you may ask. "Don't you believe in reading great literature to children?" Nothing happened to the classics-but something happened… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
