Black Quote by Joanne Harris

I have boys, and boys are particularly resistant to reading books. I had some success recently with Sherman Alexie's great young adult novel 'The…

— Nick Hornby

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

The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has…

— Philip Pullman

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

— Tyler Hilton

I don't think kids of color should have to search far and wide to find books that reflect their experience.

— Jenny Han

Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they…

— Lois Lowry

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

There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and most kids…

— Terry Pratchett

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good.…

— Helen Dunmore

Not every child takes instantly to books like a duck to water, but I don’t believe there are children who hate books. There are…

— Amanda Craig

“For centuries, no one was concerned that books weren’t girl-friendly, because no one really cared if girls read; but even so, we persisted for…

— Foz Meadows

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