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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.
I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.
If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves but expanding ourselves and finding within us the tools we need to survive.
The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really rewarding to think that they can grow up reading my books at all the different levels.
I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
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.
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.