Some Characters Become Your Friends For Life.

Censors Never Go After Books Unless Kids Already Like Them. I Don’t Even Think They Know To Go After Books Until They Know That Children Are Interested In Reading This Book, Therefore There Must Be Something In It That’s Wrong.

I Am A Big Defender Of 'harry Potter,' And I Think Any Book That Gets Kids To Read Are Books That We Should Cherish, We Should Be Thankful For Them.

I Know Where "blubber" Came From. It Came From Stories That My Daughter Told Me When She Came Home From Fifth Grade. There Was A Kid In The Class Who Was Being Bullied. We Didn't Even Call It Bullying Then, That's What's So Weird. Victimization In The Classroom. The Word Bully Was So Out, Was So Not In Use For All Those Years And Now It's Back Big Time.

I Was Shy, But I Stood Up In Front Of The Class And I Gave My Report.i Was Reporting On Books That I Didn't Want To Read. I Was Inventing Books That I Didn't Want To Read.

My Insides Still Turn Over When He Looks At Me That Certain Way.