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title: "1 Child Read Quotes By Mem Fox"
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> [The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fastest-way-to-teach-a-child-to-read-is-to-teach-them-to-write/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/mem-fox-21289_books_the-fastest-way-to-teach-a-child-to-read_584228.png)

## More by Mem Fox

> [Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/writing-a-picture-book-is-like-writing-war-and-peace-in-haiku/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [“As adults we choose our own reading material. Depending on our moods and needs we might read the newspaper, a blockbuster novel, an academic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/as-adults-we-choose-our-own-reading-material-depending-on-our-moods/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-was-the-most-australian-child-ever-in-the-world-even-though-my-home/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fire-of-literacy-is-created-by-the-emotional-sparks-between-a/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-don-t-go-to-church-much-anymore-but-methodist-values-still-wind-me/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fastest-way-to-teach-a-child-to-read-is-to-teach-them-to-write/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [Books don't harm kids; they arm them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/books-don-t-harm-kids-they-arm-them/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-think-sometimes-we-rush-through-countries-ticking-off-the/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/if-you-are-not-a-writer-you-will-not-understand-the-difficulties-of/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fire-of-literacy-is-created-by-the-emotional-sparks-between-a-2/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/experts-in-literacy-and-child-development-have-discovered-that-if/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/you-re-not-lonely-when-you-re-teaching-you-re-not-quiet-you-re/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/putting-babies-as-young-as-two-weeks-into-child-care-for-the-first/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/as-everyone-knows-nothing-is-sweeter-than-tiny-baby-fingers-and/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-don-t-know-why-some-people-have-children-at-all-if-they-know-that/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

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