Admitting Failure Is Quite Cleansing, But Never

Our Great Problem, Is That Children Now Know Whatever They Want To Know - At The Press Of A Button They Can Discover All Horrors Of The Adult World. They Know Very Early On That The World Is Sometimes A Very Dark, Difficult And Complex Place, And The Literature They Read Must Reflect That. Otherwise We're Just Entertaining Them To Pass The Time.

Wars Become History All Too Soon And Are Forgotten All Too Soon As Well, Before The Lessons Can Be Learned.

We're Much Alike, Bee, You And Me," I Said. "you May Carry Your Pack Underneath You And Your Rifle May Stick Out Of Your Bottom. But You And Me, Bee, Are Much Alike.

A Notion For A Story Is For Me A Confluence Of Real Events, Historical Perhaps, Or From My Own Memory To Create An Exciting Fusion.

Children Have To Be Motivated To Want To Learn To Read. Reading Must Not Be Taught Simply As A School Exercise.