Mal Peet Children Quotations

I worry about children not having a sense of any direct connection to the past.

The three things that kept me sane as a child were bikes, books, and soccer

I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.