I Don't Want To Be Separate From

Perhaps It Is Partly That We Need To Love Books Ourselves As Parents, Grandparents And Teachers In Order To Pass On That Passion For Stories To Our Children. It's Not About Testing And Reading Schemes, But About Loving Stories And Passing On That Passion To Our Children.

We All Know That The Great Memories Of Our Childhood Are The Little Triumphs - It Doesn't Really Matter Whether That Was In Writing, Art, On The Hockey Field Or On The Football Field. It's Something That Makes You Feel - 'i Can Do This Stuff'.

Children Have To Be Motivated To Want To Learn To Read. Reading Must Not Be Taught Simply As A School Exercise.

I Got Married Young, Far Too Young, But It Is Fine. We Are Still Married 48 Years Later. I Got Married At 19.

There Is The Myth That Writing Books For Children Is Easier Than Writing Books For Grownups, Whereas We Know That Truly Great Books For Children Are Works Of Genius, Whether It's 'alice In Wonderland' Or The 'gruffalo' Or 'northern Lights.' When It's A Great Book, It's A Great Book, Whether It's For Children Or Not.