Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.

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