For The Longest Time, You Couldnt Even

I Think Every Parent Knows That, Like, Boys And Girls Are Different. And We Just Dont Take That Into Account In Schools On Those Things Like Required Reading Lists. Cause That Was My Experience, Say, With My Son, Who Had To Read Little House On The Prairie When He Was In Third Grade.

Just Looking At Pictures Used To Be Considered Cheating. No Longer. The Graphic Novel Is Booming. Comics, Heavily Illustrated Texts, Books With No Words Are Now Accepted As Reading.

For The Longest Time, You Couldnt Even Say Boys And Girls Were Different. It Was Taboo In The Educational World.

I Taught Elementary School And Painted Apartments For Ten Years. Now I Write Full-time And Never Have To Change A Thing I Write. Every Book Comes To Me In A Flash Of Inspiration And Takes Me About Two Seconds To Finish. The Longer Books, Like The Time Warp Trio Novels, Take A Little Longer To Write - More Like Four Seconds.

Avoid Demonizing Television, Computer Games, And New Technologies. Electronic Media May Compete For Kids' Attention, But We're Not Going To Get Kids Reading By Badmouthing Other Entertainment. Admit That Tv And Games Can Do Things Books Can't.