Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

New York is my favorite city.

We all think we're different, but when it comes around, we end up needing the same things. Somebody to love us. Somebody to respect us.

I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.

When I began to read, I began to exist