I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

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I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the...

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the...

Children want to do what grownups do.

Children want to do what grownups do.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

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 enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

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

I was a librarian.

I was a librarian.

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 was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys...

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys...

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...

I read my books aloud before they were published.

I read my books aloud before they were published.