"The precious bonding that naturally occurs when reading aloud to children coupled with conversing with them regarding text content and illustrations serves to create the life-long interest in reading that nourishes the brain and satisfies the soul while helping to cement the parent/guardian and child relationship" (p.28)

Trelease, J. (2006). The Read-Aloud Handbook. New York: Penguin Books.

"Home is a child's first school. The parent is the child's first teacher and reading is the child's first subject."--First Lady Barbara Bush

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."--Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."--Albert Einstein