More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.
Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life. - Katherine Paterson
Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.
- Katherine Paterson
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. - Katherine Paterson
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.
Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections. - Katherine Paterson
Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.
We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means of a story. - Katherine Paterson
We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means of a story.
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- some… - Katherine Paterson
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- some…
I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe. - Katherine Paterson
I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe.
A good story is alive, ever changing and growing as it meets each listener or reader in a spirited and unique encounter, while the moralistic tale is… - Katherine Paterson
A good story is alive, ever changing and growing as it meets each listener or reader in a spirited and unique encounter, while the moralistic tale is…
Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed. - Katherine Paterson
Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. - Katherine Paterson
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
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