What Interests Me Is What Children Go

I Was A Very Observant Child. The Boys In My Books Are Based On Boys In My Neighborhood Growing Up.

I Write In Longhand On Yellow Legal Pads.

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.

If She Can't Spell, Why Is She A Librarian? Librarians Should Know How To Spell.

Don't Stop Now. Go Ahead! Be Readers All Of Your Lives. And Don't Forget, Librarians And Teachers Can Help You Find The Right Books To Read.