I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

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.

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

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.