Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

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People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but...

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but...

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book...

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book...

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father...

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father...

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy...

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy...

I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but...

I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but...

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My...

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My...

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit...

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit...

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth...

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth...

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level...

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level...

I read my books aloud before they were published.

I read my books aloud before they were published.

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read...

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read...

I was a librarian.

I was a librarian.

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only...

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only...

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

Children want to do what grownups do.

Children want to do what grownups do.