If you don’t see the book you want on the shelves, write it.
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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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People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don’t really read children’s books.
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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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She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.
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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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I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
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I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
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I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.
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