I Was A Very Observant Child. The

All Her Life She Had Wanted To Squeeze The Toothpaste Really Squeeze It,not Just One Little Squirt. [...] The Paste Coiled And Swirled And Mounded In The Washbasin. Ramona Decorated The Mound With Toothpaste Roses As If It Was A Toothpaste Birthday Cake

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 With Them.

I Think The Best Teachers Had A Real Interest In The Subject They Were Teaching And A Love For Children.

I Was A Very Observant Child. The Boys In My Books Are Based On Boys In My Neighborhood Growing Up.

Children Want To Do What Grownups Do.