She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be -- she was a librarian, after all.

In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.

If all shy, soulful young women who dreamed of becoming writers for a living actually could do that, imagine the library we would have.

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they have no patience with pretence.

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

If you believe, have faith and hope then you'll discover love