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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book: Life Lessons from Notable People from All Walks of Life

Book by Anita Silvey · 5 quotes · Books, Children S Books, Contributions

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“As children, in our own school of life, we soak up clues about our world just as eagerly as small squirrels. Exposure to children's books provides verbal and visual material to help us along the way. So subtle and varied can the lessons be that it may take years before we use everything we absorbed.”

“But not all books must be universally approved or applauded to bring meaning; books are, ultimately, the most personal of media. They can be important to only one person or to only a few people, and yet because of that they still have tremendous influence.”