Cool Quote by Jurnee Smollett-Bell

My mom gave me 'Anne of Green Gables' as a present so that was my first introduction to Anne, little did I know.

— Amybeth McNulty

The first book I bought was 'Anne of Green Gables,' an edition that is beautiful and complete - one I hope to read with…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

I carry this little book around everywhere. It's like my journal, but also like ideas and drawings and everything.

— Iman Vellani

My mama loved books; I became fascinated by the wonderful stories that came out of these things she held in her hand - and…

— Wilbur Smith

[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she…

— Jenna Bush

My mother's incredible diaries, which she'd written from when she was 21, and even before that. She fell in love with my father when…

— Charlotte Rampling

I read a lot of fantasy. I adored 'Anne of Green Gables'. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura Ingalls Wilder's…

— Tracy Chevalier

One of my favorite things I read was John Steinbeck's journals while he was writing 'East of Eden,' which was so cool.

— Paul Dano

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and…

— Judith Viorst

I have all of Elizabeth Lowell's first editions. I love these books. They are among my most treasured possessions. I have carried them in…

— J.R. Ward

The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our…

— Hallie Ephron

When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that my father…

— Mark Mothersbaugh