Books Quote by Kevin Young

When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked…

— Michelle Magorian

I read a lot as a kid and in high school.

— Edward Hirsch

When I was little, my older brother, Gary, was forced to read a book a week in fourth grade. The books he liked he…

— Keith Hernandez

I had learning problems when I was in elementary school, and didn't really start to read well until high school. I never read any…

— Lauren Tarshis

I remember I had a copy of 'David Copperfield' that I lugged around at primary school. I started reading it when I was seven,…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books to read…

— Robin Hobb

I was a big reader when I was a kid.

— Steve Backshall

I read to my kids every night.

— Edge

I learned to read at the age of five, in Brother Justiniano’s class at the De la Salle Academy in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week.

— Tom Rath

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even…

— Beverly Cleary

I got my first whiff of what big-time adult literature was all about when I was in 8th grade. I got it from Mark…

— Lev Grossman