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I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.

I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books in the classroom, but that was it. I never read a single book outside of the classroom.

I never wrote my books especially for children.

I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.

I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books.

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.