Impressed. Lord. He had nearly drowned.

We can read the paper or current magazines and learn about national and world events, think about controversial subjects, learn how to disagree respectfully, and how, finally, to act on our convictions. We can read for pure delight, and if we do this as a family or classroom or other group we can build wonderful memories.

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.

You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom.