Book Quote by David Nasir

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

— George Bernard Shaw

“Giving a child a book is better than any toy you can buy, even a fidget spinner.”

— Sonia Cunningham Leverette

“Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture book opens to a width that…

— Martha Parravano

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely…

— Paula Fox

“-and finally, to all of you who've come here tonight to celebrate children's books: every time you find the right, the necessary book for…

— Katherine Applegate

“A book is not just paper and ink, it's a world full of dreams, imaginations, knowledge, awakening, emboldening and a lot, lot more invaluable…

— Jyoti Arora

I was a book-y child. I was much more book-y than dark.

— Neil Gaiman

“Children's books: Every time you find the right, the necessary, book for a child - a book about sadness overcome, unfairness battled, hearts mended…

— Katherine Applegate

'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and I felt…

— Greta Gerwig

“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.”

— Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake

“Every child should be read to.”

— Kim Hansen

“I always buy another book when I still have ten to read.”

— Bipolarkath