Malorie Blackman Quotes

Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.

In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am passionate about the role of libraries, both in schools and in the wider community. They are unique places where children can begin their journey as readers, as well as being creative hubs.

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

The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun.

It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has so much value as a parent because it opens the lines of communication.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

There have been two areas identified as being vital to reading - and that's for very young children between the ages of one month and five years and for teenagers. I've been trying to find ways of approaching both groups.

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

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

When she was pregnant with Teddy, she feared that she’d give birth to a child who disliked reading. It would be like giving birth to a foreign species.

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.

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account.

Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

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.

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world, because it helps them to understand things better.

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

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.

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

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