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title: "29 Read Children Quotes by 26 authors"
description: "Browse 29 Read Children quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Read Children sayings and thoughts."
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> [I rarely read children's books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-cleary/i-rarely-read-children-s-books/)

[Beverly Cleary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beverly-cleary/)

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> [“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/do-not-read-as-children-do-to-enjoy-themselves-or-as-the-ambitious-do/)

[Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/)

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> [To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-steig/to-tell-the-truth-i-don-t-read-children-s-books-i-m-an-adult-i-just/)

[William Steig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-steig/)

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> [Children won't just love to read. Children learn what they live, parents are responsible for instilling that in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/children-won-t-just-love-to-read-children-learn-what-they-live/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Read to your children. Open their minds and fill them with imagination and wonder. Create Awesome by being awesome.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/love-the-stacks-bookstore/read-to-your-children-open-their-minds-and-fill-them-with-imagination/)

[Love The Stacks Bookstore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/love-the-stacks-bookstore/)

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> [Just as my father read to us as children, I used to read to my own children and now read to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-duchess-of-cornwall/just-as-my-father-read-to-us-as-children-i-used-to-read-to-my-own/)

[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-duchess-of-cornwall/)

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> [One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/one-of-the-greatest-gifts-adults-can-give-to-their-offspring-and-to/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-cleary/people-are-usually-surprised-to-hear-this-but-i-don-t-really-read/)

[Beverly Cleary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beverly-cleary/)

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> [I love to be read to, I love to read aloud and I love to read to children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-hoberman/i-love-to-be-read-to-i-love-to-read-aloud-and-i-love-to-read-to/)

[Mary Ann Hoberman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-hoberman/)

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> [I don't really read children's books or deal with children's books, so I don't have any relationship with them other than my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ian-black/i-don-t-really-read-children-s-books-or-deal-with-children-s-books-so/)

[Michael Ian Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ian-black/)

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> [My father claimed I could read before I went to school. I sucked up knowledge and read the Children's Britannica Encyclopaedia from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-hegerty/my-father-claimed-i-could-read-before-i-went-to-school-i-sucked-up/)

[Anne Hegerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-hegerty/)

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> [This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/this-is-the-value-for-me-of-writing-books-that-children-read-children/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/it-amazes-me-when-i-talk-to-people-in-their-early-20s-and-they-ve/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/do-not-read-as-children-do-to-amuse-yourself-or-like-the-ambitious/)

[Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/)

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> [As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/as-parents-the-most-important-thing-we-can-do-is-read-to-our-children/)

[Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/)

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> [People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-tyler/people-always-talked-about-a-mother-s-uncanny-ability-to-read-her/)

[Anne Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-tyler/)

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> [When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-prelutsky/when-i-began-writing-i-didn-t-read-any-other-children-s-poets-i-didn/)

[Jack Prelutsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-prelutsky/)

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> [“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-my-whole-life-i-have-known-no-wise-people-over-a-broad-subject/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I think that it's not enough to do the little Band-Aid things of having celebrities come and read to children. Not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-think-that-it-s-not-enough-to-do-the-little-band-aid-things-of/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-writer-whose-words-are-going-to-be-read-by-children-has-a-heavy/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-mankell/i-can-still-remember-i-was-ill-and-i-was-seven-and-my-father-didn-t/)

[Henning Mankell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-mankell/)

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> [Read to your children all of the time Novels and nursery rhymes Autobiographies, even the newspaper It doesn't mater; it's quality time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-mali/read-to-your-children-all-of-the-time-novels-and-nursery-rhymes/)

[Taylor Mali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-mali/)

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> [I like reading books about kids where there weren't really many adults, where they didn't need an adult to come and solve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/i-like-reading-books-about-kids-where-there-weren-t-really-many/)

[John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/)

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> [When I read to children, I try to become the characters. It's great if you can make a separate voice for each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/when-i-read-to-children-i-try-to-become-the-characters-it-s-great-if/)

[Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/)

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> [Read to your children Twenty minutes a day; You have the time, And so do they. Read while the laundry is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/read-to-your-children-twenty-minutes-a-day-you-have-the-time-and-so/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

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> [I want to encourage all parents to read to their children because it helps them to become better educated, better informed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-white/i-want-to-encourage-all-parents-to-read-to-their-children-because-it/)

[Jesse White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-white/)

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> [We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-fletcher/we-wanted-to-write-a-book-that-we-would-have-read-as-kids-and-would/)

[Tom Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-fletcher/)

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> [“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-serafini/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-child-who-hates-to-read-there-are-only/)

[Frank Serafini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-serafini/)

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> [I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/i-m-sure-most-parents-read-to-their-children-to-explain-what-certain/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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                        "text": "Read to your children Twenty minutes a day; You have the time, And so do they. Read while the laundry is in the machine; Read while the dinner cooks; Tuck a child in the crook of your arm And reach for the library books. Hide the remote, Let the computer games cool, For one day your children will be off to school; Remedial? Gifted? You have the choice; Let them hear their first tales In the sound of your voice. Read in the morning; Read over noon; Read by the light of Goodnight Moon. Turn the pages together, Sitting close as you'll fit, Till a small voice beside you says, \"Hey, don't quit.",
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