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Quote by Frances Clarke Sayers

“I've heard people ask, What's so sacred about a classic books that you can't change it for the modern child? Nothing is sacred about a classic. What makes a classic is the life that has accrued to it from generation after generation of children. Children give life to these books. Some books which you could hardly bear to read are, for children, classic.”

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Frances Clarke Sayers

Frances Clarke Sayers was an American librarian known for her advocacy for intellectual freedom and her role in the American Library Association. Born on September 4, 1897, she served as the President of the ALA from 1950 to 1951 and passed away in 1989. more

“We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you eight minutes to read an article. It seems to me that here is a tendency that ought to be denied in part. Certain children do read in the past; they love the old language; they love the sound of words. I don't think it's good enough to say something is better because is it updated and modern.”

Thinking Children Enough Past Language Modern Good Enough

Author:Frances Clarke Sayers

“If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is atrophied. And they grow up as young people unable to take anything from a printed page, or they become bored because they haven't discovered the nuances, the differences of opinion, the differences of approach between one author and another. Children can be trusted to skip what they don't like in a book. That's perfectly all right. But to have it all reduced to the supposedly twelve-year-old mind of the adult public is what I object to.”

People Mind Children Book Ability Opinion Growing Up Obvious Bored Trusted Printed Skip

Author:Frances Clarke Sayers

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People Kind Dream Exciting Inspired Making A Difference Dreams Come True

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Natural Economy Rich Environment Wealthy Natural Resources

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