Anthony Browne Quotes

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.

So instead of watching TV, we read every night together as a family.

One of my favorite things to do with my children is to read to them.

If you sit down and read with your kid, either having your child read to you or you reading to your child at a regular time each day, it deepens the relationship. You don't have to talk about stuff; the story will do that work for you.

I read to my kids every night.

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrapbook.

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!

I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

People enjoy being read to, beginning from when they're little.

I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too.

When your child is looking up at you, and you are putting them to bed at night, and they are just lying there, you have to remind yourself that's what it's all about.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember.

Taking the time to read to children is not only a worthwhile investment but also a wonderful experience. I have visited 119 schools in Maine, and these visits are among the most rewarding experiences in my career in public service.