--- title: "2 Book reading Quotes By Laura Bush" description: "2 Book reading quotes by Laura Bush. Plus more from Laura Bush and more Book reading sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/laura-bush-4252_arms_when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-t_926705.jpg" --- > [When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-them-that-reading-is-important/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/laura-bush-4252_arms_when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-t_926705.jpg) > [Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They're more likely to excell in school. They're more likely to graduate secondary school and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/research-shows-us-that-children-who-are-read-to-from-a-very-early-age/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/laura-bush-4252_age_research-shows-us-that-children-who-are_3231107.jpg) ## Other authors on Book reading - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-franz-kafka-35977.jpg) Franz Kafka 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/franz-kafka/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/amit-kalantri/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Laura Bush > [When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/when-we-look-around-the-world-today-when-we-see-in-afghanistan-that/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [ I've always liked walking; that's one of my favorite things to do, and I try to walk every day. \[In Washington, D.C.\] I can't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/i-ve-always-liked-walking-that-s-one-of-my-favorite-things-to-do-and/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/educated-people-can-make-their-own-choices-about-their-governments/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/when-i-was-in-my-20s-i-was-a-bookworm-spent-12-hours-of-the-day-in/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/if-you-take-the-burden-of-health-care-of-diseases-off-the-backs-of/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/it-s-not-easy-to-have-the-job-of-president-it-s-not-easy-to-run-for/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/because-women-don-t-expect-to-have-heart-disease-a-lot-of-times-they/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/the-power-of-a-book-lies-in-its-power-to-turn-a-solitary-act-into-a/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/i-mean-the-part-you-don-t-like-i-mean-that-s-the-only-part-that-s-the/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [Time spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/time-spent-in-nature-decreases-stress-and-anxiety-and-improves-focus/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [Don't start smoking. It's much harder to stop than it is not to start at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/don-t-start-smoking-it-s-much-harder-to-stop-than-it-is-not-to-start/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/when-i-heard-that-heart-disease-kills-more-women-than-all-cancers/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [Children know that if they have a question about the world, the library is the place to find the answer. And someone will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/children-know-that-if-they-have-a-question-about-the-world-the/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [We know how unhealthy it is. I know what happens, though - young women start smoking because they don't think they're really going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/we-know-how-unhealthy-it-is-i-know-what-happens-though-young-women/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) > [Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/jenna-s-traveled-with-me-they-ve-both-traveled-with-their-dad-this-is/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/laura-bush/#itemlist", "name": "2 Book reading Quotes By Laura Bush", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laura Bush" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-them-that-reading-is-important/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/laura-bush-4252_arms_when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-t_926705.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/laura-bush-4252_arms_when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-t_926705.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/laura-bush-4252_arms_when-you-read-with-your-child-you-show-t_926705.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're…” — Laura Bush", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. 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