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As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.

I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.

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've always wanted to write an early reader. When I wrote my first novel, my goal was to make it an early reader, but it grew beyond the category.

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

I think it's so important for young readers to find a book or series that ignites their passion for reading, especially boys, whose interest in reading wanes as they grow older.

Every generation likes to think that children don't read as much as they used to when they were young! You listen to some adults saying they were going around reading 'Ulysses' when they were seven or eight! I think children are voracious readers if you give them the right books and if you make those books accessible to them.