The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud—it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.

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

Reading aloud and talking about what we're reading sharpens children's brains. It helps develop their ability to concentrate at length, to solve problems logically, and to express themselves more easily and clearly.

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

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

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

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.