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

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

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

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.

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.

I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works.