Fang? Are you- like Max?" asked Dr. Martinez. "Nope,"he said, sounding bored. "I'm the smart one." I resisted the urge to kick him in the shin.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's important that your kids see you reading. Not just books - reading the newspaper is good, too.

Yes, I sounded like a pathetic weenie. I prefer to think of it as showing my softer side.

Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture.

You are an endless project...changing, evolving, surprising.

Love means you can never be apart.