Book Quote by Anne Lamott

Never give a child a book you can't read!

— David Nasir

Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.

— Lorna Luft

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

— George Bernard Shaw

The parenting books didn't work for me; I got my parenting lessons from everything but the books! And it was about figuring things out.…

— Sonali Bendre

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.

— E. L. Doctorow

There may never be a baby book that offers the conclusive answer to every question, but it's possible to extract some wisdom from the…

— Libby Copeland

You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.

— Heath Ledger

“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.”

— Richard Peck

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when they're hurt…

— John Rhys-Davies

“Parenting has no guide book; we come to it with what came at us. It's only the conscious mind that can shift the paradigm.”

— Katey Sagal

It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book,…

— Meg Rosoff