Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
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.
While books expand horizons by exposing us to worlds outside our own, children also need to see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in books they read. Unfortunately, for too many children, this is not the norm.
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 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 hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell.
To come out and meet kids who have my books in their hands is kind of amazing.
Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when they're hurt or upset, they can move into, and it is wonderful.
You don't need to have kids to write a good book for kids. I don't want my kids to see themselves in my books. Their lives should be their lives.