Book Quote by Kate DiCamillo

The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of…

— Natalie Babbitt

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to…

— Kate DiCamillo

“The best thing you can do for your kids is to encourage reading for pleasure--it makes required school reading so much easier and deeper…

— Raven Black

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading…

— Kate DiCamillo

If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.

— Orson Scott Card

Encourage your children to read. Reading can unlock the keys to a whole world of information. Parents are teachers, both by example and by…

— Anonymous

This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what…

— Philip Pullman

Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults.

— Henri Nouwen

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

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations-…

— Katherine Paterson

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to…

— Kate DiCamillo

People will ask me, "How do you approach writing books for young readers differently than for adults?" My answer is always: I don't change…

— Alan Gratz