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I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

Beverly Cleary

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 grew up before there were strict leash laws.
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Before Grew Law Strict
I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.
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Childhood Known
The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else–grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.
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Boys Grief Humilation Perhaps Regret Turned
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
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Book Mother Wise
If she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
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Know Librarians Should
Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.
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Book Boys Friendship
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
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Children Reading Teacher
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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Girl Interesting Waiting
I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother’s cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.
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Cousin Memories Mother
I didn’t start out writing to give children hope, but I’m glad some of them found it.
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Children Giving Writing
I read my books aloud before they were published.
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Books Publisher Read
Problem solving, and I don’t mean algebra, seems to be my life’s work. Maybe it’s everyone’s life’s work.
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Algebra Mean Problem
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
Don’t stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don’t forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.
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Book Helping 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

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