Literacy Dreamer Gifts

"He's in first grade. He'll get to Zs."

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

'Remember, Edward, inside every 'F' student is a 'D' student trying to get out.'

Bookworm Sleepover

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

'So what are you studying, young man?'

'I'm sure that you are highly qualified. It's just that we're not hiring anyone at the third grade level.'

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

"Is there any way I could get a dashboard instead of a report card?"

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

"I really love school. There's only one problem. I think not having a college degree is holding me back."

"I'm ready for summer vacation! A good book takes you where you've never been!"

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

Marcel Proust

The novel was printed and in the stores ... any minute now, the world would beat down his door.

Good luck in your A Levels.

Ok, ok, last page.

"Would you mind taking a look at this collection of my poems? Your opinion would mean a lot."

Heaven

A Poet

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"We call it 'learning to read', not 'battling illiteracy'."

"Not now. I'm working on my children's book."

"Your father would be able to afford to send you to a good college if only he had listened to me when he was your age!"

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

I disturbed the class by talking in my sleep.

"Hey - I'd write a book, too, if I could find the time."

Don Quichotte

Reading in the family.

Good writing is good thinking

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."