“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”

“The Candy Man can”

Lesley Bricusse (1931) English composer, lyricist and playwright

“as a child
i suppose
i was not quite
normal.


my happiest times were
when
i was left alone in
the house on a
saturday.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library. … An investment in libraries is an investment in our children's future.”

Laura Bush (1946) First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009

“Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer

“At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

“The best place to find things: the public library.”

Edward Bernays (1891–1995) American public relations consultant, marketing pioneer

“Even the most insensitive hit song enthusiast cannot always escape the feeling that the child with a sweet tooth comes to know in the candy store.”

Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society

“Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.”

Laura Bush (1946) First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009