A classroom atmosphere that promotes reading does not come from the furniture and its placement as much as it comes from the teacher's expectation that students will read.

Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.

Students need to make their own choices about reading material and writing topics.

If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words as powerfully as my books can.

I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as literate people.

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.

Exposing students to lots of books and positive reading experiences while building a network of other readers who support each other provides students with tools that last beyond the classroom setting.