I'm Lucky That So Many Children Visit

It Didn't Happen In The 70s. So I Had A Whole Decade When I Was Writing These Books And Maybe There Was A Little Bit Here Or There But There Was No Big Effort To Ban Books.

Librarians Save Lives By Handing The Right Book At The Right Time To A Kid In Need.

I Always Have Trouble With Titles For My Books. I Usually Have No Title Until The Editor Has To Present The Book And Calls Me Frantically, 'judy, We Need A Title.

If No One Speaks Out For [young Readers], If They Don’t Speak Out For Themselves, All They’ll Get For Required Reading Will Be The Most Bland Books Available. Instead Of Finding The Information They Need At The Library, Instead Of Finding Novels That Illuminate Life, They Will Find Only Those Materials To Which Nobody Could Possibly Object... In This Age Of Censorship I Mourn The Loss Of Books That Will Never Be Written, I Mourn The Voices That Will Be Silenced — Writers’ Voices, Teachers’ Voices, Students’ Voices — And All Because Of Fear.

The Creative Process; I Enjoy Thinking Up The Stories And Situations For My Books.