The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn. — 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… — 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… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Every time we read to a child, we're sending a 'pleasure' message to the child's brain. You could even call it a… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
“Not that parents are alone in their extreme behavior. That have more than enough company among school boards and high-ranking politicians who… — 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
No player in the NBA was born wanting to play basketball. The desire to play ball or to read must be planted.… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
“So I ask you: whose job is it in this country to wake up comatose parents? Someone better do it soon because… — 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
