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When Writing About Oneself, One Must Strive To Be Truthful. Truth Is More Important Than Modesty.

The Prime Function Of The Children's Book Writer Is To Write A Book That Is So Absorbing, Exciting, Funny, Fast And Beautiful That The Child Will Fall In Love With It. And That First Love Affair Between The Young Child And The Young Book Will Lead Hopefully To Other Loves For Other Books And When That Happens The Battle Is Probably Won. The Child Will Have Found A Crock Of Gold. He Will Also Have Gained Something That Will Help To Carry Him Most Marvelously Through The Tangles Of His Later Years. Roald Dahl

The Books Transported Her Into New Worlds And Introduced Her To Amazing People Who Lived Exciting Lives. She Went On Olden-day Sailing Ships With Joseph Conrad. She Went To Africa With Ernest Hemingway And To India With Rudyard Kipling. She Travelled All Over The World While Sitting In Her Little Room In An English Village.

...the More Risks You Allow Children To Take, The Better They Learn To Take Care Of Themselves. If You Never Let Them Take Any Risks, Then I Believe They Become Very Prone To Injury. Boys Should Be Allowed To Climb Tall Trees And Walk Along The Tops Of High Walls And Dive Into The Sea From High Rocks... The Same With Girls. I Like The Type Of Child Who Takes Risks. Better By Far Than The One Who Never Does So.

Nobody Gets A Nervous Breakdown Or A Heart Attack From Selling Kerosene To Gentle Country Folk From The Back Of A Tanker In Somerset.