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SF Said

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SF Said

@whatSFSaid

Author of Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, Phoenix - and now TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected to them.

London

Joined November 2013

SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Oct 21, 2019
“There’s a crisis in children’s reading, but there’s a very simple solution. Teachers need to read to children for 20 minutes every day, and their minds will be transformed." If you agree – please support the campaign for #StatutoryStorytime! thebookseller.com/news/egmont-lo…
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Sep 8, 2020
If you want kids to love #literacy - LET THEM READ THINGS THEY LOVE! You can never be too old for a book, or the wrong gender. The books we love are the ones that make us readers, and choice is a right all readers should have. #InternationalLiteracyDay (Art: Quentin Blake)
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Feb 1, 2019
I do not believe books have ages or genders. I do not believe you can ever be too old for a book, or the wrong gender. I believe every reader is different, and should always have the right to choose their own books! #letbooksbebooks (Art: Quentin Blake)
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Feb 2, 2022
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. READING FOR PLEASURE has the most powerful positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So if you want to change their lives - make books & reading central to everything you do. And let them just enjoy it! #literacy
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Jan 10, 2021
If I was in charge, I'd declare this A YEAR OF READING FOR PLEASURE. Forget about tests & exams. Let kids discover the joy of reading for the fun of it, losing yourself in the infinite worlds of the imagination. Once you read for pleasure, everything else will follow! #literacy
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Mar 4, 2021
Happy #WorldBookDay! I believe EVERY CHILD CAN BE A READER. Give them the widest possible range of books, and let them choose freely. Never say they're "too old" or "the wrong gender" for a book. Because every reader has the right to read whatever they love! Art: Quentin Blake
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
May 10, 2022
When you ask people to name a book that changed their lives, they almost always name a children's book. And they always remember, with the intensity of a religious experience, the feeling they had when they were reading it. Those books go so deep, they become part of us forever.
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Jan 20, 2023
I've said it before, I'll say it again: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest impact of any factor on children's life chances. If they're reading & enjoying it, everything else will follow. So please never stop reading to them & with them - it will change their lives! #literacy
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SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Sep 10, 2020
Don't ever under-estimate children's books. They're the most important books of all. They're the ones that shape us & make us readers in the first place. As such, they're the foundations of our civilisation - there would be no literature without them! (Art: Quentin Blake)
SF Said
@whatSFSaid
Feb 17, 2021
If kids are reading for pleasure, they don't need to catch up... THEY'RE ALREADY AHEAD! Reading for pleasure has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So please: encourage them to read books they really want to read, and #literacy will follow!