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

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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 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 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 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...

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 librarian.

I was a librarian.

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...

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 wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

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

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...

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

Children want to do what grownups do.

Children want to do what grownups do.

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

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

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...

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 read my books aloud before they were published.

I read my books aloud before they were published.

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 enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

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

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...

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...