I remember as a child of eight being told by a young friend that I had killed Christ. That was news to me. It's a common experience for the Jewish yo….

Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny b….

The books we enjoy as children stay with us forever -- they have a special impact. Paragraph after paragraph and page after page, the author must del….

Give weather reports. It helps the reality of a scene if foghorns are blowing or kites are in the sky on a windy afternoon or the day's so hot wallpa….