Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

I wanted to read all these books, but I would have to have been in a rest home or something to do that.

Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest.

In the humble environs of my boyhood, books were a scarce commodity. By local standards, however, the personal library of STR Manickam, a former 'revolutionary' or militant nationalist, was sizeable. He encouraged me to read all I could and I often visited his home to borrow books.

I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense.