About Quote by Richard Carmona

I think that's why I wanted to write about seventh grade. I'd say seventh grade is a time when kids are really exploring a…

— Rebecca Stead

If you can't really have a conversation with someone candidly about it it's something that you'll always have something to learn from when it…

— Elizabeth Olsen

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

— Lois Lowry

Initially, I wanted to write middle grade. YA scared me: there's a lot of responsibility in being a YA author. It's so important to…

— Angie Thomas

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

— Beverly Cleary

“The book says in two months we can be speaking at a third grade level.' 'Third grade? That's for kids. Baby level.' 'If you…

— Lisa Ko

There is no such thing as doing the nuts and bolts of reading in Kindergarten through 5th grade without coherently developing knowledge in science,…

— David Coleman

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

— Stephen D. Krashen

When I've taught writing to five, six, and seven year olds, it's not very different than talking to an adult writer. They're writers then,…

— Alice Mattison

A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process.

— Anonymous

Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.

— Lilian Katz

The question is the primary form of communication for little kids.

— Jim Gaffigan