People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development

Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.

If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary.

Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.

Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language.

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

Access to a school library results in more reading.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

Children read more when they see other people reading.

As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?

If you feel judged by others, remember that they don't live in your house at night, and they don't care for your child. You do, and you are capable of doing the right thing for your child.

I've got some bad news and I've got some good news. Nothing lasts forever.

Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library

I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.

Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin.

The slaves of developed industrial civilization are sublimated slaves.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.