Books Quote by James Patterson

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.

— Michael Morpurgo

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

“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

If you can get kids excited about reading, maybe that can open up a whole other world for them.

— Sean Doolittle

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

“Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't make them…

— Melanie Kirk

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 main problem with people not reading to their children is the lack of a bridge between schools and families, so that children don't…

— Michael Rosen

The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing…

— James Patterson

I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that…

— James Patterson

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

It certainly is my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

— C. S. Lewis