This document contains quotes from various authors promoting the importance of reading. Charles Jones and Manali Oak emphasize that reading nourishes the mind with knowledge and encourages thinking. Michael Williams notes that reading opens up the world regardless of background. Dr. Ben Carson discusses developing the mind through reading, thinking, and figuring things out. Frederick Douglass states that learning to read brings freedom. The document encourages reading to oneself, others, and defending it in the community. It also discusses the positive effects of reading to children and how literacy brings freedom from challenges. The overall message is that reading is highly valuable and important.

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"Readers are Leaders"

2. "Leaders are readers."
--Charles "Tremendous" Jones,
author of Life is Tremendous

4. "Reading is like providing the mind
with nourishment. Knowledge is the
food for the mind and soul and apart
from giving us the basic information
about the world around us, it also
provides us with the food for thought.
It encourages us to think. It increases
our hunger for knowledge and our
thirst to learn more."
--Manali Oak, Buzzle.com

5. "Reading is a way of opening up
the world. If you can read, it
doesn't matter if you come from
a disadvantaged background
and don't have the means to
travel. You can access the world
from a book."
--Michael Williams, Chief Executive
BIS Publications

7. Talents/time: Recognize them as gifts
Hope for good things and be honest
Insight from people and good books
Nice: Be kind to all people
Knowledge: Recognize it as they key to living
Books: Read them actively
In-depth learning skills: Develop them
God: Never get too big for Him
--Dr. Ben Carson, author of Gifted Hands

8. "We develop our minds by
reading, by thinking, by figuring
things out for ourselves."
--Dr. Ben Carson, author of Gifted Hands

9. Me with
my
mother
and two
older
sisters,
Michelle
and
Angela

10. "Once you learn to read,
you will forever be free."
--Frederick Douglass
Photograph by George K. Warren

11. Reading is knowledge.
Knowledge is power.
Power is freedom.

12. "The reading promise is
simply a promise to read to
yourself, read to someone
else, and protect and defend
reading in your community."
--Alice Ozma

13. "The effects of reading to our children
are overwhelming. It develops life skills
that will be used for a lifetime. The
challenge for parents is to make the time
to read to their children every day."
--Taniesha Burke, author of
Raising the Next Barack Obama

14. "Literacy is freedom. Freedom
from poverty, unemployment,
disease, ignorance and
oppression."
--Kelly Magnus, Vice President
Book Industry Association of Jamaica

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

16. Thank you!
Jennifer W. Baxmeyer
Electronic Resources Cataloging Coordinator
Princeton University Library
bax@princeton.edu