I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of a story.

They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere

Mercy Watson is pure fun for me as a writer, because I think of her as kind of sorbet - a palate cleanser - between larger works. It's always a relief to come back to her.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Everything when I was a kid was illustrated.

I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading together changes everybody involved.

Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.