I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.

Pranking exposes the truth that underneath this appearance of order is joy, laughter, and disorder.

It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.

Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat.

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.

Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

Not only is a good prank harmless, but, like a good story, it reveals an essential truth that would otherwise be hidden.