Children Know Quotes by Mem Fox

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.

— 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…

— Mem Fox

I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.

— 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…

— 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.

— Mem Fox

The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.

— Mem Fox

Books don't harm kids; they arm them.

— Mem Fox

I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.

— 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…

— Mem Fox

The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.

— 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,…

— 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.…

— 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…

— Mem Fox

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes.

— 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.

— Mem Fox