I Wanted To Be A Ballerina. I

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.

I Don't Necessarily Start With The Beginning Of The Book. I Just Start With The Part Of The Story That's Most Vivid In My Imagination And Work Forward And Backward From There.

All Knowledge Is Valuable To A Librarian.

I Was An Only Child; I Didn't Have A Sister, Or Sisters.

If You Don't See The Book You Want On The Shelves, Write It.