I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and spending it on a Nancy Drew mysteries. And I was probably eleven, twelve.

Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.