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

When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.

I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.

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.

The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.

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