Little Literati Pillows

"As you can see, I've learned the alphabet."

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

A is for App...B is for Blogger...C is for Celebrity.

'I appreciate how you feel, but I'm afraid your report card isn't grounds for defamation of character.

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

"Barb's such a fast reader."

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

'This is your spinal column...It's a bunch of bones that runs up and down your back and keeps your legs from going all the way up to your neck.'

Tesseract of the D'Urbervilles.

Library

"What would you recommend to hold a seven-year-old girl's attention in a car from East Seventy-eighth Street to Bridgehampton?"

"Ah, to be young and foolish again."

'All I wanted to know is if that word was naughty.'

Child lifting alphabet blocks.

'If you'll excuse me, I'm going to work the room.'

'Well, so my grades are A,B,C,D... at least I'm learning my alphabet.'

Good writing is good thinking

Cat going to litter box with newspaper to read.

Kid to other: 'It's been a crazy day. I caught a bug and tossed my cookies.'

Maid revealing that the judge uses a dictionary when writing

'Well how do you spell it then?'

"I'd text you, but I haven't learnt to spell yet."

'Literacy is NOT overrated!'

"I'm not good with letters."

'I'm taking post-graduate work to learn how to read at least the fifth grade level.'

'We want to be ready for when he starts to read.'

Car's bumper sticker reads: 'My other car is a bookmobile.'

Night of the Living Well-Read

Kid reader to librarian about 'Parenting' book: 'This didn't tell me anything about how to deal with parents.'

Teacher reading.

Bad Gramma Skool

Police Academy - Remedial Reading of Rights

'I need an example of a collective noun.'