After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
What I did do a lot as a child was read, and I particularly remember reading all the 'Hardy Boys' books, a set of history books called the 'Landmark Books,' and a series of science books called the 'All About Books.'
My favourite book as a child was an old 'Newne's Children's Encyclopaedia' which my grandfather had bought just before World War II and donated to our family after seeing how interested we were in it. Each volume had special chapters called 'Things Boys can Do.' My brothers and I would pick out interesting projects.
I loved horses and horse books as a child.
I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind.
I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries.
I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.
I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
You're not supposed to have a favourite book - it's like children.