Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The more you read, the more things you will know.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.
Love of books is the best of all.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
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