“Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't.” MayBookKidsReadingGamesCan DoAttentionTechnologyMediaTelevisionTvsComputerEntertainmentNew TechnologyReading For KidsComputer GamesElectronic Media Author:Jon Scieszka
“Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you can't. Reading is not a passive act. Books are not TV. Art of all kinds is an interactive challenge. The person who makes the work and the person who comes to the work both have a job to do. I am never wilfully obscure, but I do ask for some effort.” WayWantShouldKindPersonsArtBookSometimesJobsReadingAsksLiteratureEasyCan DoChallengesSimpleEffortTvsDirectWhat You WantAll KindsPassiveObscureInteractive Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Nothing ensures the success of the child more in the society than being read to from infancy to young adulthood. Reading books to and with children is the single most important thing a parent, grandparent, or significant adult can do.” ChildrenImportantBookYoungReadingParentCan DoAdultsImportant ThingsYoung AdultSignificantReading BooksAdulthoodGrandparentInfancy Author:Anita Silvey
“We set up a beta site, a test site, with movie, music and book reviews. If you're reading them and you want to buy a book or a ticket for a movie that's reviewed on the site, you can do that without leaving our site.” IfsWantBookReadingCan DoEconomyTestsLeavingReviewsTicketsSiteBook ReviewBeta Author:Jay Chiat
“Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral complexity. . . . Safe from the Neighbors does what only the best novels can do; after reading it, we can never see the world, or ourselves, in quite the same way.” WorldWayDoeReadingCan DoMoralNovelSafeAchievementNeighborComplexityMagnificent Author:Ron Rash
“If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you. Nourish your minds by good reading, constant reading. Discover what your lifework is, work in which you can do most good, in which you can be happiest. Be unafraid in all things when you know you are in the right.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingMindWould BeAmericaYoungReadingOpportunityCan DoToo MuchYouthFineHabitAll ThingsConstantRewardsUnafraidGood ReadingThinking Of OthersFine Words Author:Charles William Eliot
“A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.” PersonsDoneWholeCultureReadingCan DoSummerResearchMy FamilySpain Author:Maya Beiser
“Well, right now I'm not dead. But when I am, it's like...I don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody's reading. [...] An old one. It's up on a library shelf, so you're safe and everything, but the book hasn't been checked out for a long, long time. All you can do is wait. Just hope somebody'll pick it up and start reading.” KnowsWellsLongBookReadingWaitingCan DoRight NowSafeLong TimePicksLibraryShelves Book:The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction Source: The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction