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Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.

I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will turn them on to the joy of reading and turn them into lifelong readers.

All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.