American - Author | March 25, 1964 -
How do you make your kids read more? It needs to be presented as a joy and a privilege to get to do it, and the kids should get to see you as a parent reading for your own pleasure. It's not something you send your kids off to do, 'Go into your room and read for 15 minutes or else.' It becomes a task then.
Kate DiCamillo
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It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I tell, which is bring everybody together in the same room.
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I think that sometimes we open our hearts a little more easily to animals than we do to each other.
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I find that when I write for children, I am more hopeful, less cynical. I don't use different words or a different sentence structure. I just hope more.
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So much of writing is like walking down a dark hallway with your arms out in front of you. You bump into a lot of things.
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Progress is hard to measure in any creative endeavor, I think. It's often a matter of instinct, of feeling your way through what works and what doesn't.
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I can never tell if anything I do is really good. I'm always just slightly chagrined.
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There's this amplification that happens anytime you tell a story. You let it go out into the world. It's the most beautiful thing. All I can do is look at it in wonder and amazement.
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From a cognitive standpoint, I'm very aware that you have no room for error in a picture book. Every word counts.
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When I was starting to write, I was fascinated with 'Knuffle Bunny' by Mo Willems. I remember taking it home and typing it out, trying to figure out how it worked. It's just a classic, with dauntingly few words.
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