Book Quote by E. L. Konigsburg

I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and the adult…

— Michael Rosen

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

— Walter Dean Myers

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way…

— John Taylor Gatto

I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

— Edna Ferber

I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.

— Rick Riordan

So much for the right books; the right use of them is another matter. The children must enjoy the book. The ideas it holds…

— Charlotte Mason

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

— Jackie French

Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can discover all…

— Michael Morpurgo

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing…

— Nelson Mandela

If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history,…

— Edith Schaeffer

Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read right at their fingertips.They also need access…

— Richard Allington