Development Quote by Stephen D. Krashen

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an…

— Eudora Welty

Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The…

— Pam Allyn

I believe that diverse, rich, and fascinating deaf stories are ready to go mainstream and that we can do this, together.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them.

— Eudora Welty

I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think,…

— Marlee Matlin

Being in the hearing world was more of a challenge than being in the Deaf world, because I had to learn how to write…

— Jack Jason

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

— Stephen D. Krashen

It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest part of…

— Frank Smith

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass

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

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I used to be Miss Deaf America in another lifetime, and literacy was my platform at that time. And it's still very important to…

— Lauren Ridloff