I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading together changes everybody involved.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

I love all of myself in all ways for all time. I am made of pure love, and it permeates all of my selves.

It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.

You can get what you want or you can just get old.

I've always thought of myself as a businesswoman. I have the creative side, but I also have this business sense.

I turned down the first script offered to me, and the second. I lay on my back one day under an umbrella, in the garden, reading the third, and wondered why I had turned down the first.

Here bloom red roses, dewy wet, And beds of fragrant mignonette.

I want to model generosity and touch poverty.

I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people... To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.