Have you ever taken a look at your kid’s reading nook and thought, “You know what this place needs? Some inspirational quotes about reading!”
Of course, you have else you wouldn’t be here 😉
In this article, I want to share some words of wisdom that you can use to decorate the walls of your kid’s reading nook or bedroom.
But these aren’t just any old quotes. Oh no! These are the crème de la crème of reading-related wisdom, carefully curated to ignite young imaginations and foster a lifelong love of books.
I’ve also included a list of fun sayings that you can use to print out and display around your kid’s reading nook.
So let’s jump in and take a look at some of my favorite quotes and sayings about reading!
But before we begin…
Don’t forget to check out our other articles to that will give you ideas for your reading nook decor!
* How To Create & Decorate A Reading Corner For Your Kids
* 11+ Cozy Book Nooks For Girls: Ideas & Inspiration For Creative Moms
* 14 Cool Boys Reading Nook Ideas (For Todders through To Teens)
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The Reading Quotes
And now onto the quotes! I hope you enjoy them!
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax all you need is a book!” – Dr. Seuss
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” – J.K. Rowling
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglas
“A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket.” – Chinese Proverb
“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich
“A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” – Neil Gaiman
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
“Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.” – Tomie dePaola
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” – Anna Quindlen
“Reading is a passport to countless adventures.” – Mary Pope Osborne
“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” – Malorie Blackman
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”– Albert Einstein
“Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.” – E.P. Whipple
“From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover you have wings.” – Helen Hayes
“You cannot open a book without learning something.” – Confucius
“The world belongs to those who read.” – Rick Holland
“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” – Edmund Burke
“I think that when you can escape into a book it trains your imagination to think big and to think that more can exist than what you see.” – Taylor Swift
“He that loves reading has everything within his reach.” – William Godwin
“From an early age, books were my constant companions and my local library, a place I could find a new friend on every shelf.” – J.K. Rowling
“So many books, so little time.”– Frank Zappa
“I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.” – J.K. Rowling
“Wherever I go, bookstores are still the closest thing to a town square.” – Gloria Steinem
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”– Daniel Handler, also known as Lemony Snicket
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Books train your imagination to think big.”– Taylor Swift
“I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”– J.K. Rowling
“Readers are lucky – they will never be bored or lonely.”– Natalie Babbitt
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”– Mason Cooley
“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books.”– Roald Dahl
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”– Ray Bradbury
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” – Mason Cooley
“I even love the smell of books.”– Adriana Trigiani
“I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.”– JK Rowling
“Reading brings us unknown friends.”– Honore de Balzac
“I was reading a book… ‘the history of glue’ – I couldn’t put it down.” – Tim Vine
A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without ever leaving your chair.” – Katrina Mayer
Fun Sayings About Reading
If you are looking for a few sayings or phrases to use as reading corner quotes then you could take a look at these!
Adventure awaits between the pages
Dive into a good book
Imagination station
Where stories come to life
Curl up with a good book
Explore new worlds here
Shh… reading in progress
Books are magic portals
Dream big, read often
Unleash your imagination
Every book is a new adventure
Grow your mind, read a book
Discover, imagine, explore
Reading rocks!
Bookworms welcome
Enter the story zone
Let your mind wander
Fuel your brain here
Quiet please, readers at work
How to use these kids’ reading nook quotes & Sayings!
I thought that it might be fun to include some ways that you can use these kids reading quotes in different ways. Here are a few ideas:
- Reading nook pictures and posters: As mentioned earlier in this article you can use these quotes to decorate the walls of your kid’s reading nook.
- Bookmarks: Make fun bookmarks featuring different quotes, perhaps with your child’s name or favorite book characters.
- Bedtime routine: Share a new quote each night before reading a bedtime story. You can talk about what the quote means and also about the person who said it.
- Quote of the week: Choose a weekly quote to display on a small chalkboard or whiteboard.
- Reading journal: Encourage kids to keep a reading journal where they can write down their favorite quotes from books along with these quotes.
- Art projects: Create fun artwork using the quotes and sayings and decorate your kids’ reading nook with them.
- Matching game: Create a matching game with quotes and their authors.
These activities can help make reading more exciting and meaningful for children, turning it into a fun, shared experience rather than a chore.
Final Thoughts
I hope you enjoyed this collection of quotes and sayings I hope that they gave you ideas of ways to use them to inspire your kids and decorate their book nooks.
If you have come across any other sayings that you love please let us know in the comments section below and we’ll update our article!
