Book Quote by Pat Frank

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

— Horace Mann

“The headmaster explained. Books were considered precious. The school had so few that the teachers did not want to risk the children damaging them.…

— John Wood

“I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts.”

— Patricia Reilly Giff

“Books nurtured, guided and comforted me as a child. Books were my substitute parents and teachers, when the adults in my life failed me.”

— Anthon St. Maarten

“I realized right away that books could take us out of ourselves, and make us larger. Even provide us with human connections we wouldn’t…

— Masha Hamilton

“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was…

— Robert Goolrick

“This is what I want for my students, to lose and find themselves in books.”

— Donalyn Miller

“Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Read to a child today so they can discover the joy of reading.”

— Irene Menendez

“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.”

— Richard Peck

“I was raised to respect books - the house was full of them. From the time I was little, it was drummed into our…

— Martha Southgate

“The class went all right, and the ones after became easier. I was enthusiastic, naive and idealistic, and I was in love with my…

— Azar Nafisi