The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.

My Mother was a very wild Australian woman. When we were in Africa she could kill a snake with one blow from a crow bar, which she kept at the back door.

The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.

DO NOT attempt to bring up other people's children through your text.

You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes.