Children want to do what grownups do.

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.

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

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.

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

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