“I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.” ChildrenLittlesBookStoriesBigsRememberCoursesReadingWhiteTeacherReaderIronyCharmGradesThought ProvokingFourthProvokingChildren's BooksCharlotteFourth GradeFunny ThoughtsCharlotte's Web Author:Louis Sachar
“I was always a reader. In the fifth grade, I got some sort of prize for having read hundreds of books from the library.” BookReaderLibraryGradesPrizeFifthFifth Grade Author:Vijay Seshadri
“Mid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance.” AttentionReaderLowsToleranceBoredomGradesAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Judith Viorst
“I was, not an altar boy, but a reader of the Epistle, and I walked in on a nun and a priest furiously French kissing when I was in seventh grade. I walked in, saw it, and went, "No way," backed out, composed myself, and went back in, and it was still going on. And the experience of seeing that was actually very deep.” WayStillsBoysSawsSeeingReaderKissingGradesPriestsAltarsVery DeepNunSeventh GradeFrench Kiss Author:George Saunders
“It is hard for me to speak of themes. I like the reader to do that. Otherwise it feels like writing a 3rd grade essay on someone else's work.” FeelsWritingHardSpeakReaderThemeGradesEssays Author:Tim Winton
“I was always a slow reader, from the very beginning. I remember in first grade our teacher divided us into groups, and I was definitely in the slow group. She didn't call it that, but everybody in the class knew. But I still loved reading. Being a slow reader affected my grades in school, but it didn't affect my love for reading. I still loved going to the library, and I still loved reading books.” FirstsStillsBookSchoolRememberReadingClassTeacherGroupsReaderLibraryGradesAffectedDividedReading BooksGrades In School Author:Gene Luen Yang
“I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents.” ThinkingWorldWayWritingTwoYoungParentNumbersChildhoodMiddleReaderGradesTrappedAdulthoodTwo Worlds Author:Rick Riordan