She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

Children want to do what grownups do.

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

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

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.

Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.

I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.