Moby-dick Quote by Gabrielle Zevin

“Teachers assign it, and parents are happy because their kids are reading something of 'quality.' But it's forcing kids to read books like that…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“It's a tiny bestseller, but, officially yes. But, hey, most people haven't read Moby-Dick, so why the hell should they read my book?”

— Richard Linklater

Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book, but it's…

— Gabrielle Zevin

There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books.

— James Patterson

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

“As adults we choose our own reading material. Depending on our moods and needs we might read the newspaper, a blockbuster novel, an academic…

— Mem Fox

“When we think of the masterpieces that nobody praised and nobody read, back there in the past, we feel an impatient superiority to the…

— Randall Jarrell

“It is s shame that more people do not appreciate the value of "a good read". I was fortunate enough to have had elementary…

— Linda Roberts

The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it.…

— Jon Scieszka

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

“The best thing you can do for your kids is to encourage reading for pleasure--it makes required school reading so much easier and deeper…

— Raven Black

One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a…

— Norton Juster