Petina Gappah Quotes

My kids have grown up knowing that their mom made a big investment in making sure there was art and language instruction in school and books in the library. Hopefully, they've internalized that.

When I was young, my parents had a library in our living room. I was always free to browse and read.

I suggest school buses make stops at local libraries so that children who do not have resources like books at home can get access.

I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.

Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

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.

I came from a home where everybody had a book.

Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.

There were a lot of things I loved about working in a library, but mostly I miss the library patrons. I love books, but books are everywhere. Library patrons are as various and oddball and democratic as library books.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

Why buy a book when you can join a library.

Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library.

Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

I spent more time at the library than anyone my age when I was a kid.

Education depends on 5 factors: The attendance at school, the time spent watching television at home, the time of reading at home, the amount of reading material in home, and the number of parents in home.

Oh, my parents never cracked a book, just newspapers.

My mission is to put a book in every child's hand.

A school that believes in the power of knowledge and learning will have reading at its core.

I got my first library card, for Hendon Library in north London, when I was two years old.

My grandfather and mother were school teachers, so there was always some discussion around books.

In some ways I grew up in the public library in Troy, Michigan.

It's not who you're going to sit beside at school that matters now: it's what resources will your school have.