I Think Of A Book And A

You Have Only One Life, Make The Most Of It

Part Of Me Becomes The Characters I'm Writing About. I Think Readers Feel Like They Are There, The Way I Am, As A Result.

I Want Kids To Think That Reading Can Be Just As Much Fun And More So Than Tv Or Video Games Or Whatever Else They Do. I Think Any Other Kind Of Message Or Morals That I Might Teach Is Secondary To First Just Enjoying A Book.

But Don't Forget Who You Really Are. And I'm Not Talking About Your So-called Real Name. All Names Are Made Up By Someone Else, Even The One Your Parents Gave You. You Know Who You Really Are. When You're Alone At Night, Looking Up At The Stars, Or Maybe Lying In Your Bed In Total Darkness, You Know That Nameless Person Inside You...your Muscles Will Toughen. So Will Your Heart And Soul. That's Necessary For Survival. But Don't Lose Touch With That Person Deep Inside You, Or Else You Won't Really Have Survived At All.

I Remember My Fourth Grade Teacher Reading 'charlotte's Web' And 'stuart Little' To Us - Both, Of Course, By E. B. White. His Stories Were Genuinely Funny, Thought Provoking And Full Of Irony And Charm. He Didn't Condescend To His Readers, Which Was Why I Liked His Books, And Why I Wasn't A Big Reader Of Other Children's' Books.