As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.

its not bad to be different. Sometimes it's the mark of being very very talented.

Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a distant second. When I see a child clutching a book... to his or her tiny bosom, I'm moved. Children can possess a book in a way they can never possess a video game, a TV show, or a Darth Vader doll. A book comes alive when they read it. They give it life themselves by understanding it.

Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

I take my ideas from my experiences.