Books Quote by John Dewey

Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood.

— Georges Bataille

What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I see literature…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

“With such a complicated and crucial part of a child's education in jeopardy, there are many forces at work -- a sort of conspiracy…

— Rafe Esquith

Traditionally, the love of reading has been born and nurtured in high school English class

— Francine Prose

Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood.

— Neil Postman

Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early…

— Laura Bush

I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud to as…

— Jacqueline Wilson

“Children learn to read by being in the presence of books.”

— Horace Mann

Young people's reading choices are influenced by their peers.

— Stephen D. Krashen

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the…

— John Steinbeck

Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. and the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A literary expert friend once told me that the way to teach your child to love and respect reading is not to read to…

— Karen Karbo