I Wanted To Be A Ballerina. I

In My Grammar School Years Back In The 1920s I Used My Ten-cents-a-week Allowance For Saturday Matinees Of Douglas Fairbanks Movies. All That Swashbuckling And Leaping About In The Midst Of The Sails Of Ships!

When I Was In The First Grade I Was Afraid Of The Teacher And Had A Miserable Time In The Reading Circle, A Difficulty That Was Overcome By The Loving Patience Of My Second Grade Teacher. Even Though I Could Read, I Refused To Do So.

I Write In Longhand On Yellow Legal Pads.

She Was Not A Slowpoke Grownup. She Was A Girl Who Could Not Wait. Life Was So Interesting She Had To Find Out What Happened Next.

People Are Usually Surprised To Hear This, But I Don't Really Read Children's Books.