“I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.”

Like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

History is made every day.

We should all be more aware of what’s going on in the world around us and less ignorant.

Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

I would say that kids are great in many ways.

The traits the word ‘childish’ addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age.

To show that you truly care, you listen.

Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.

The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.

Due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.

No matter your position or place in life.

Not just for me, but for everyone.

But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.

We all love people who give credit to others for their success.

I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of betraying Han Solo.

When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity.

From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.