Book Quote by Orville Prescott

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the…

— John Steinbeck

“Children learn to read by being in the presence of books.”

— Horace Mann

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

Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. and the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud to as…

— Jacqueline Wilson

Sadly, there are many children who have not yet been given the chance to 'discover the magic of reading, or set foot in the…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

“I think the need for reading boils down to one simple issue: children are selfish. Reading about other people creates a sense of balance…

— Alan Bennett

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

— Katherine Paterson

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

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

If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history,…

— Edith Schaeffer

If you can get kids excited about reading, maybe that can open up a whole other world for them.

— Sean Doolittle