Every Well-written Book Is A Light For

In The Tale Of Despereaux, There Is A Lot Of Darkness, A Lot Of Despair. There's Also A Lot Of Light, Redemption, Hope. There's Forgiveness, There's Friendship, There's Love. But The World In All Of Its Potential Craziness Is Also There.

What Was It Like...to Have Someone Who Knew You Would Always Return And Who Welcomed You With Open Arms?

Forgiveness, Reader, Is, I Think, Something Very Much Like Hope And Love - A Powerful, Wonderful Thing. And A Ridiculous Thing, Too.

There Are So Many Difficult Things And Stories Can Make Them Palatable. That's The Way I Have Always Felt.

Mercy Watson Was A Character That Had Been In My Head For A Long Time.