Adults Quote by Mem Fox

The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

— George W. Bush

I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're parents or…

— Emma Walton Hamilton

We book people are always preaching about reading aloud to children, but unless you do, you can't realize how it enriches family life.

— Katherine Paterson

Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate.

— Roseanne Barr

Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the…

— Irina Bokova

If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate.

— David Warlick

Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

— George W. Bush

If we are always reading aloud something that is more difficult than children can read themselves then when they come to that book later,…

— Mem Fox

“No matter what our curriculum requires us to teach or how little class time we have, children must read a lot in order to…

— Donalyn Miller

Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm sure. It…

— Anonymous

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way…

— John Taylor Gatto

Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for…

— Marilyn Jager Adams