There Are Good Books And There Are

But I Suppose There's A Lot To See Everywhere, If Only You Keep Your Eyes Open.

I Received A Grant From The Ford Foundation To Write A Book For Kids About Urban Perception, Or How People Experience Cities, But I Kept Putting Off Writing It. Instead I Started To Write What Became The Phantom Tollbooth

And Remember, Also," Added The Princess Of Sweet Rhyme, "that Many Places You Would Like To See Are Just Off The Map And Many Things You Want To Know Are Just Out Of Sight Or A Little Beyond Your Reach. But Someday You'll Reach Them All, For What You Learn Today, For No Reason At All, Will Help You Discover All The Wonderful Secrets Of Tomorrow.

I Remember When I Was A Kid In School And Teachers Would Explain Things To Me About What I Read, And I'd Think, Where Did They Get That? I Didn't Read That In There. Later You Look At It And Think, That's Kind Of An Interesting Idea

One Of The Problems You Have When You Read With Kids Is That Once They Like Something They Want You To Read It A Hundred Times.