Today Is Declared An Unscheduled Holiday.

Kids Deserve The Right To Think That They Can Change The World.

So Many Of My Books, I Don't Want To Say They Have Messages, But They Have Important Things To Say.

And Here In This Room, I Re-experience The Memories Again And Again It Is How Wisdom Comes And How We Shape Our Future.

When I Wrote 'the Giver,' It Contained No So-called 'bad Words.' It Was Set, After All, In A Mythical, Futuristic, And Utopian Society. Not Only Was There No Poverty, Divorce, Racism, Sexism, Pollution, Or Violence In The World Of 'the Giver'; There Was Also Careful Attention Paid To Language: To Its Fluency, Precision, And Power.

Keep A Green Tree In Your Heart And Perhaps The Singing Bird Will Come.