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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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 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 enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

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

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...

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.

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...

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 was a librarian.

I was a librarian.

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...

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.

Children want to do what grownups do.

Children want to do what grownups do.

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 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...

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 read my books aloud before they were published.

I read my books aloud before they were published.

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 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.

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.