If You Can't Look After Something In

The Best Way To Treat Obstacles Is To Use Them As Stepping-stones. Laugh At Them, Tread On Them, And Let Them Lead You To Something Better.

Writing For Children Is An Art In Itself, And A Most Interesting One.

They Lay On Their Heathery Beds And Listened To All The Sounds Of The Night. They Heard The Little Grunt Of A Hedgehog Going By. They Saw The Flicker Of Bats Overhead. They Smelt The Drifting Scent Of Honeysuckle, And The Delicious Smell Of Wild Thyme Crushed Under Their Bodies. A Reed-warbler Sang A Beautiful Little Song In The Reeds Below, And Then Another Answered.

It Wasn't A Bit Of Good Fighting Grown-ups. They Could Do Exactly As They Liked.

I Get Over A Hundred Letters A Day From All Over The World, From Children And Parents, And It's A Wonder I Ever Have Time To Write Books, Let Alone Speak!