Cat talk is a complicated, self-centered language. If you speak to your cat first, it probably won't speak back. Cats initiate conversations.

I love to write and I love the natural world. Everything I've written about I've found exciting and it has never left me at a loss for words. I've always just done what I love.

That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids.

There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself.

Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.

I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too.

I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic. Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods with brightness. It lighted the trees and made them warm and friendly. It stood tall and bright and held back the night.