I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
BEVERLY CLEARYI wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
More Beverly Cleary Quotes
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If she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
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The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.
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I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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Ramona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its imaginary descent, stepped out onto the real first floor and raced a real problem. Her mother and father were leaving for Parents’ Night.
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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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People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don’t really read children’s books.
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Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
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I read my books aloud before they were published.
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I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.
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I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.
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I didn’t start out writing to give children hope, but I’m glad some of them found it.
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What interests me is what children go through while growing up.
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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.
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Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
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She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.
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