Adora Svitak's Quotes
Born: 1997-10-15
Profession: Author
Nation: American
Biography of Adora Svitak
I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
Tags: Able, Everyone, ThoughtMake sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.
Tags: Kids, Life, SureMostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
Tags: Avoid, Since, TimeMy family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
Tags: Family, Happens, JokeHoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
Tags: Learning, Love, SchoolI would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible'.
Tags: Great, Impossible, KidsSince the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
Tags: Age, Word, YouthSuccess on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
Tags: Education, Success, WomenThe traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
Tags: Often, Thinking, Word