Flats Quote by Walter Dean Myers

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

— Walter Dean Myers

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather…

— Florence Nightingale

Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm sure. It…

— Anonymous

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

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

— Katherine Paterson

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child,…

— Geoffrey Canada

I hate the idea of any kid missing out on the magic of reading.

— Alexandra Adornetto

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

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

— Stephen D. Krashen

The main problem with people not reading to their children is the lack of a bridge between schools and families, so that children don't…

— Michael Rosen