Who we are

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”― Margaret Fuller

“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting”. – Walter Mosley, The Long Fall
“A child who reads is a contributing citizen in waiting”. – Alan Moon

“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.” - Philip Pullman

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot

“The power of our imagination is engaged fully and completely through the words on a page”.

"The best way to get children excited about reading is to read to them from the beginning of their lives." - J. K. Rowling

“Every kid needs to find the right book. And then the next one. And the world opens.”

“The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud—it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.” ― Mem Fox, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever

"Books.....are bigger on the inside."

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." - Jacqueline Kennedy

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading." William Styron

“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

I can’t imagine my life without reading and books. The ability to read with confidence and joy is every child’s right and integral to creating a thriving, democratic community. Each member of our community has a role to play in ensuring our children grow to become successful readers. You are invited to join us in this important work.

The important books should be those that leave us wondering, with relief and gratitude, how the author could possibly have known so much about our lives. - Alain de Botton

There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all. - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

"Reading is to the soul what breathing is to the body." -Krista Carter

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."- Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

“Live, and be happy, and make others so.” - Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein

“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” - Nelson Mandela

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on treasure island.” - Walt Disney

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.” - Oscar Wilde

“A book is a device to ignite the imagination” – Alan Bennett

"Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader."

"The ability to read opens doorways and pathways to the future and a venue for escaping to another world."

“the book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think” – Harper Lee.

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” –Oscar Wilde

“We lose ourselves in the books, we find ourselves there, too" - Anonymous

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

“Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. Yet of all the many things in which we recognize some universal comfort – God, sex, food, family, friends – reading seems to be the one in which the comfort is most under sung, at least publicly, although it was really all I thought of, or felt, when I was eating up book after book, running away from home while sitting in a chair, traveling around the world and yet never leaving the room. I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning. I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth.” - Anna Quindlen

“Reading is such an important part of creating a foundation for all that we will learn in life. A child embarking on life’s journey without the ability, the curiosity or the desire to read, risks compromising a strong foundation from which to grow and flourish on their journey.” - Steve Allan

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” - Dr. Seuss

“What really knocks me out is a book, that when you're all done reading it, you wish that the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him on the phone whenever you felt like it.” – J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye