A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

- Jackie French

I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

- Jackie French

We need to actually teach kids that books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat every bit on your plate. It's like secret adult's business. It'…

- Jackie French

Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!

- Jackie French

The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

- Jackie French

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

- Jackie French

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

- Jackie French

I'd love to see a new form of social security ... everyone taught how to grow their own; fruit and nut trees planted along every street, parks plante…

- Jackie French

A lot of dyslexic kids are actually more intelligent than average and are very good, because they've got very good memories, at disguising the fact t…

- Jackie French