I Grew Up Before There Were Strict

I Write In Longhand On Yellow Legal Pads.

With Twins, Reading Aloud To Them Was The Only Chance I Could Get To Sit Down. I Read Them Picture Books Until They Were Reading On Their Own.

I Feel Sometimes That In Children's Books There Are More And More Grim Problems, But I Don't Know That I Want To Burden Third- And Fourth-graders With Them.

Writers Are Good At Plucking Out What They Need Here And There.

I Am Not A Pest," Ramona Quimby Told Her Big Sister Beezus.