I read my books aloud before they were published.

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.