Adults Quote by Michael Morpurgo

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

With all the stories that we have, it's still rare that we get to see what goes on in the minds of our children…

— Rachel House

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the…

— James Patterson

Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age,…

— Lois Lowry

Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to…

— Orville Prescott

Kids not only understand [a dark story] but appreciate it … Because in the real world there's fear, and dark things happen no matter…

— America Ferrera

A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at…

— Jan Brett

I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the…

— Alan Gratz

Children read to learn - even when they are reading fantasy, nonsense, light verse, comics or the copy on cereal packets, they are expanding…

— Joan Aiken

Kids are no longer interested in reading comic books; they've got television and the electronic games that they can bury themselves in like ostriches.…

— Al Feldstein

“It sometimes strikes me that there is only one taboo left in young adult literature. By and large, no one complains any more when…

— M.T. Anderson

When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when…

— Michael Morpurgo