Book Quote by Ellen Hopkins

Parents should leave books lying around marked ‘forbidden’ if they want their children to read.

— Doris Lessing

“A child's parents should be able to forbid their son or daughter from reading a book of mine or anyone else's. However, those same…

— Paul Zindel

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

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

— 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

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

I think it's extremely important that children are exposed to reading.

— Diana Gabaldon

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

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

I understand why parents worry about books - they're worried about their kids. They want to keep their kids safe. But parents aren't always…

— Lauren Myracle

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

— George Bernard Shaw

I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message…

— Joyce Meyer