Below are our top 10 favorite quotes about reading to kids! Feel free to share.

1. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglass

2. “So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away. And in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” — Roald Dahl

3. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss

4. “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” — Victor Hugo

5. “A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket.” — Chinese Proverb

6. “There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” — May Ellen Chase

7. “When I say to a parent, “read to a child”, I don’t want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate. ” — Mem Fox

8. “Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.” — Kate DiCamillo

9. “Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.” — Neil Gaiman

10. “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” — Emilie Buchwald