Top Literacy Quotes

People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about...

I have become very aware how under-represented are the stories of the underprivileged and undervalued. Our records are, in general, very male and if not always the material of the rich, certainly (for...

Literacy Definition

(n.) State of being literate.

Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.

As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Boo...

Look at their arts, their power of turning stone into lifelike figures, and above all, the way in which they can transfer their thoughts to white leaves, so that others, many many years hence, can rea...

Books on the bookshelvesAnd stacked on the floorBooks kept in basketsAnd propped by the doorBooks in neat pilesAnd in disarrayBooks tucked in closetsAnd books on displayBooks filling cranniesAnd books...

School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.

A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and who have with considerable gusto been expressing their i...

We need science education to produce scientists, but we need it equally to create literacy in the public. Man has a fundamental urge to comprehend the world about him, and science gives today the only...

When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.

Illiteracy is the innability of a person to learn. It is not all about the innability to read or write as the middle class regards it.

With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see.

Growing Literacy of the Heart and Mind Cultivates the Landscape of a Child's Future.

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

For kids who are exposed to books at home, the loss of a library is sad. But for kids who come from environments where people don't read, the loss of a library is a tragedy hat might keep them from ev...

Good literacy skills can help children:-Be healthy and safe.-Do their homework to their best ability.-Get and keep a job one day.-Eventually participate in local committees or government

Parents often ask - how do I get my child interested in books and reading? One tried and true way that my late husband and I used was paying them to read. For each book that my sons read, we paid them...

The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.