It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

Love means never having to be apart

I whirled around and saw no one. No psychotic mad scientists, anyway. "Jackpot, Max! Jackpot!" It was was Fang, and he was giggling hysterically. For those of you just joining us, Fang doesn't giggle. Especially hysterically. So for a second, this seemed like one of the weirder dreams of recent days.

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past?

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies