Bases Quote by Edith Schaeffer

I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book…

— Rebecca Stead

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good.…

— Helen Dunmore

Not every child takes instantly to books like a duck to water, but I don’t believe there are children who hate books. There are…

— Amanda Craig

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

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

Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as…

— Jeff Kinney

Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for…

— Michael Morpurgo

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, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.

— Esther Meynell

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

— Hugo Chavez

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key…

— James Patterson

At times, parents foist their own choices on kids and try to get them to read the classics. But kids have very high filters…

— Ravi Subramanian