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

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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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 grew up before there were strict leash laws.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

Children want to do what grownups do.

Children want to do what grownups do.

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 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...