He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and h….

Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?.

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forwar….

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

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in vario….

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives..

Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles natur….

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell..

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children..

Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work..

I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus..

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college ….

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters..

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it..

Children want to do what grownups do..

I grew up before there were strict leash laws..

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

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian..

I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works..

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

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice ….