Associates Quote by Jim Trelease

The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it,…

— Jim Trelease

Skill sheets, workbooks, basal reader, flash cards are not enough. To convey meaning you need someone sharing the meaning and flavor of real stories…

— Jim Trelease

“Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion, 1997)”

— Jim Trelease

Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.

— Jim Trelease

You became a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even…

— Jim Trelease

Imagine what our culture would be like if Americans sold ideas, words, and books with the same creativity we use to sell designer jeans,…

— Jim Trelease

Reading aloud is the best advertisement because it works. It allows a child to sample the delights of reading and conditions him to believe…

— Jim Trelease

We have instant pudding, instant photos, instant coffee—but there are no instant adults.

— Jim Trelease

“This is not a book about teaching a child how to read; it's about teaching a child to want to read. There's an education…

— Jim Trelease

Each day millions of children arrive in American classrooms in search of more than reading and math skills. They are looking for a light…

— Jim Trelease

Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that doesn't read…

— Jim Trelease

Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book.

— Jim Trelease