I Never Read The "bobbsey Twins" Or

Having The Freedom To Read And The Freedom To Choose Is One Of The Best Gifts My Parents Ever Gave Me.

When I Started To Write, It Was The '70s, And Throughout That Decade, We Didn't Have Any Problems With Book Challenges Or Censorship.

A Lot Of People Worry Much Too Much About What Their Children Are Reading... If A Child Picks Up A Book And Reads Something She Has A Question About, If She Can Go To Her Parents, Great. Or Else They Will Read Right Over It. It Won't Mean A Thing. They Are Very Good, I Think, At Monitoring What Makes Them Feel Uncomfortable. If Something Makes Them Feel Uncomfortable They Will Put It Down.

I Love To Talk With Children. I Try To Visit Schools But It's Hard For Me To Travel When I'm Trying To Write. Some Authors Are Able To Do Both.

If All You Leave In The Library Is Books That You Think Speak To Everyone, What Are You Going To Have? You'd Have Nothing.