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title: "6 Literacy-children Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“This is the book, then, and the book of Shakespeare. And every day you must read a page of each to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/this-is-the-book-then-and-the-book-of-shakespeare-and-every-day-you/)

[Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/)

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> [“The skill, the art of literacy is a gift. To read is to watch in your mind as a single word explodes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-cosgrove/the-skill-the-art-of-literacy-is-a-gift-to-read-is-to-watch-in-your/)

[Stephen Cosgrove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-cosgrove/)

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> [“Computers deliver an abundance of symbols yet offer an impoverishment of experience. Do our children need to see more icons, corporate logos,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/computers-deliver-an-abundance-of-symbols-yet-offer-an-impoverishment/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

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> [“What happened to the classics?" you may ask. "Don't you believe in reading great literature to children?" Nothing happened to the classics-but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/what-happened-to-the-classics-you-may-ask-don-t-you-believe-in/)

[Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/)

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> [“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walters-eric/if-you-want-to-go-fast-go-alone-if-you-want-to-go-far-go-together-2/)

[Walters Eric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walters-eric/)

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> [“teachers are not tellers of information who "give it" to students but are coaches and facilitators who arrange conditions (personal, social, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-schoenback/teachers-are-not-tellers-of-information-who-give-it-to-students-but/)

[Ruth Schoenback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-schoenback/)

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