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

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 have very little patience with children.

I realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine.

I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work.

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

I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life.