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.

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

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.

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

He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.