Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed..

More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we ne….

A good story is alive, ever changing and growing as it meets each listener or reader in a spirited and unique encounter, while the moralistic tale is….

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- some….

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections..

We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means of a story..

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter..

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading..

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life..

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another..

I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe..

You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like..

life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough.

February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down..

. . . Jess believed, that she thought he was the best. It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or at home, but it was a genuine kin….

Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap. They are very ….

Youth is a mortal wound..

My writing comes from ideas that make a sound in my heart..

You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful..

We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it ….

Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded p….