American Quote by Alexandra Petri

Making reading an enjoyable activity for children is a challenge. So I ensure that I write in a way that is fun for children…

— Ken Spillman

One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.

— Charles Clarke

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading…

— Kate DiCamillo

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to…

— Kate DiCamillo

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

— Beverly Cleary

If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.

— Orson Scott Card

“I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see…

— Neil Gaiman

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

— David Duchovny

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're parents or…

— Emma Walton Hamilton

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should…

— Roald Dahl

If you can get kids excited about reading, maybe that can open up a whole other world for them.

— Sean Doolittle