"Guard the nursery (schoolroom); let nothing in that has not a true literary flavour; let the children grow up on a few books read over and over, and let them have none, the reading of which does not cost an appreciable mental effort. This is no hardship. Activity, whether of body or mind, is, joyous to a child.
"I think we owe it to children to let them dig their knowledge, of whatever subject, for themselves out of the fit book; and this for two reasons: What a child digs for is his own possession; what is poured into his ear, like the idle song of a pleasant singer, floats out as lightly as it came in, and is rarely assimilated." CM
The Savoring of Books
Quoting Miss Mason: The Habit of Reading
Violence in Children's Books
The Children's Hour
How is Your Read Aloud Voice?
Making Books With Children
Should I Read All My Children's Books?
In Praise of Plutarch
Enjoying Beowulf or The Pros and Cons of Literature Guides
What if they Still Don't Care for their Schoolbooks?
