Books Quote by Jan Karon

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

— George Bernard Shaw

Never give a child a book you can't read!

— David Nasir

“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.”

— Frank Serafini

“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.”

— Richard Peck

“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

I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.

— A. A. Milne

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read…

— Barbara Cooney

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

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

— Kate DiCamillo

“The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you…

— Lois Lowry

“No man has the right to bring up children without surrounding them with books.”

— Horace Mann

“If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.”

— Don Roff