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.

Failure is not an option, so why talk about it?

When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends.

Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape the confines of school and pursue your own education. Through characters - the saints and the sinners, real or imagined - reading shows you how to be a better human being.

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

The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now

If we value all readers, we must value all reading.