--- title: "1 Trees Grown Quotes By Jim Trelease" description: "1 Trees Grown quotes by Jim Trelease. Plus more from Jim Trelease and more Trees Grown sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/jim-trelease-22415_books_readers-don-t-grow-in-trees-but-they-are_1496203.jpg" --- > [Readers don't grow in trees. But they are grown-in places where they are fertilized with lots of print, and above all, read to daily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/readers-don-t-grow-in-trees-but-they-are-grown-in-places-where-they/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/jim-trelease-22415_books_readers-don-t-grow-in-trees-but-they-are_1496203.jpg) ## More by Jim Trelease > [The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/the-more-you-read-the-better-you-get-the-more-better-you-get-the-more/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Skill sheets, workbooks, basal reader, flash cards are not enough. To convey meaning you need someone sharing the meaning and flavor of real stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/skill-sheets-workbooks-basal-reader-flash-cards-are-not-enough-to/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [“Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion, 1997)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/sector-7-by-david-wiesner-clarion-1997/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/story-is-the-vehicle-we-use-to-make-sense-of-our-lives-in-a-world/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [You became a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/you-became-a-reader-because-you-saw-and-heard-someone-you-admired/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Imagine what our culture would be like if Americans sold ideas, words, and books with the same creativity we use to sell designer jeans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/imagine-what-our-culture-would-be-like-if-americans-sold-ideas-words/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Reading aloud is the best advertisement because it works. It allows a child to sample the delights of reading and conditions him to believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/reading-aloud-is-the-best-advertisement-because-it-works-it-allows-a/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [We have instant pudding, instant photos, instant coffee—but there are no instant adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/we-have-instant-pudding-instant-photos-instant-coffee-but-there-are/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/this-is-not-a-book-about-teaching-a-child-how-to-read-it-s-about/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Each day millions of children arrive in American classrooms in search of more than reading and math skills. They are looking for a light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/each-day-millions-of-children-arrive-in-american-classrooms-in-search/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/common-sense-should-tell-us-that-reading-is-the-ultimate-weapon/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/neither-books-nor-people-have-velcro-sides-there-must-be-a-bonding/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Amid the push to excellence, with its measurement and accountability, it is easy to lose sight of a key ingredient in reading a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/amid-the-push-to-excellence-with-its-measurement-and-accountability/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-trelease/students-who-read-the-most-also-read-the-best-achieve-the-most-and/) [Jim Trelease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-trelease/) > [“What happened to the classics?" you may ask. "Don't you believe in reading great literature to children?" Nothing happened to the classics-but something happened…](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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trees-grown/jim-trelease/#itemlist", "name": "1 Trees Grown Quotes By Jim Trelease", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Readers don't grow in trees. 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