I read my books aloud before they were published..

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..

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children..

I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders wit….

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

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it..

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads..

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the lovin….

Today I discovered two kinds of people who go to high school: those who wear new clothes to show off on the first day, and those who wear their oldes….

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret th….

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own..

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

Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read..

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea..

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

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood..

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next..

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was r….

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

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it..