Children Quote by Kate DiCamillo

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

— Katherine Paterson

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

— Henri Nouwen

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

— Walter Dean Myers

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

You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.

— Jenna Bush

Anything that gets children reading is fine.

— Michael Morpurgo

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

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

We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

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

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

— Beverly Cleary