Richard Allington Quotes & Sayings

Classroom libraries are not 25 copies of 5 books. Classroom libraries are 1000-2000 copies of different books. — Richard Allington

Better to lose a book to a child, than to lose a child to illiteracy. — Richard Allington

Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read right at their fingertips.They also need access to books that entice them, attract them to reading. Schools ... can make it easy and unrisky for children to take books home for the evening or weekend by worrying less about losing books to children and more about losing children to illiteracy. — Richard Allington

Effective readers, even at their earliest levels, read in five to seven word phrases rather than word by word. — Richard Allington