If one can judge from the letters that I receive, it would seem that there are many thousands of children who would like me to speak or to read to them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I get wonderful letters from kids and teachers. I must have the best readers in the world.
If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too.
The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.
It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has so much value as a parent because it opens the lines of communication.
I get a lot of letters, mostly from family members who have been affected by cancer rather than young people themselves. I reply to them all.
I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.
I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!
I was one of those children they used to call 'readers.'
You must never lose that touch of childishness. You need it if you wish to write for children, if you wish to understand the heart of a child. Children are good, you see. And they expect good.
No one ever really read to me as a child.