James Patterson Quotes

My son and I discovered Terry Pratchett's books together, when he was about eleven years old. He'd be reading on his own and would start to laugh, and then eagerly read the passage aloud to me--and I'd do the same to him! Pratchett's books became a shared source of delight for us back then, and they still are today.

The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves. You know there's a connection even if you don't talk about it when you read the same books.

I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.

I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.

These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important.

Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.

I think the success of the 'Twilight' movies, not just the books, comes down to Stephenie Meyer.

My mother always read to me as a child. I really believe that bonding time between a parent and child is so important and precious. I have lasting memories of those stories because the experience was special.

A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.

A good book written for children can be read by adults.

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.

I think more people are going to continue reading YA as well as reading other books because they have learned that they can find books there which they will truly love: a teenage protagonist is close enough to adult so readers of whichever age can sympathise and empathise with them.

I know not everyone starts out reading high literature. If you read enough you might be drawn to some other things, so maybe those vampire books are what they call 'gateway books.' I just coined that term. I don't know if there's a thing called 'gateway books.'

'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.

In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.

'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.

'Harry Potter' made it cool to read children's fiction, and 'Twilight' did the same for a slightly older age group. What I'm seeing is mothers and daughters who love to read the same books.

The first book I bought was 'Anne of Green Gables,' an edition that is beautiful and complete - one I hope to read with my son someday, seeing it anew through his eyes.

I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.

'True Grit' is one of the few books my sons let me read to them - and paid attention to - when they were younger.

'Twilight' is very different to the 'Vampire Academy,' completely.

I love book clubs. I just hate reading and talking to people.

sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it

Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults.