Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.

I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

Kids books Grownup books That's just marketing. Books are books.

Make it dangerous or it's not worth doing.

My sister had her own room. She also had innumerable boyfriends. I had a yo-yo collection that was beyond belief, and the reason I had it was mostly that I would stand in the doorway of the living room watching her and her boyfriend. Finally she caught on how to get this kid out of the way. Give him a yo-yo!