Not only is a good prank harmless, but, like a good story, it reveals an essential truth that would otherwise be hidden.

Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

Pranking exposes the truth that underneath this appearance of order is joy, laughter, and disorder.

Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat.

We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends an absurdity to what otherwise is a "please sit with your hands on your lap" kind of event.

I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.

I read The Stinky Cheese Man as an adult. I missed that book when I was a kid. I grew up mostly with books bought at yard sales, picture books from the fifties to 1975, which is really a lucky thing.

I'm not sure we're presenting ourselves as real role models. I don't think literature has ever been a real place for role models.

Kevin Cornell and I have worked together a bunch.

The only Aniimal with 2 ii's!

She was the rock in a world that was crumbling

There are a few things that you can do that will yield better results than doing a whole lot of other things.

It is impossible to be a follower of Christ while denying, disregarding, discrediting, and disbelieving the words of Christ.

The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.

I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before.