Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

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

I grew up in a house with very few books.

As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.

I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.

I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is obsessed with reading and books, so it's really sweet. She has her own little personal library.

I would always read a lot.

I'm actually not that big a fan of reading.

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.

I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.' Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud. 'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said.

You can't write if you don't read.

My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three.

The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.

The best way to enhance a child's imagination is to make them read.

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.

I read a lot as a kid and in high school.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.