Letter from Mr. B: Why does a back scratch feel better coming from somebody else than if you do it yourself?
Jerry SpinelliIām not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.
Jerry SpinelliA baseball bat could not have hit me harder than that smile did. I was sixteen years old. In that time, how many thousands of smiles had been aimed at me? so why did this one feel like the first?
Jerry SpinelliKids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so forth, I think they're still living in some sense of their own little perceptual worlds.
Jerry Spinelli