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She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

Beverly Cleary

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.
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Children Real Teacher
Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.
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Able Ideas World
I don’t ever go on the Internet. I don’t even know how it works.
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Goes Internet Know Works
I hope children will be happy with the books I’ve written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
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Children Happy Hope Readers
With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.
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Book Chance Reading
I read my books aloud before they were published.
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Books Publisher Read
He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.
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Different Rummage Sales Shoes
We didn’t have television in those days, and many people didn’t even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.
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Father Mother People
She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.
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Mean Real Talent
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.
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Fairy Tales Great Library
Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.
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Book Giving Years
All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.
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Knowledge Librarian Valuable
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.
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Patience Reading Teacher
The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.
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Keys Successful Writing
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
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Children Reading Teacher
If you don’t see the book you want on the shelves, write it.
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