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.

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

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.

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

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

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