Today, for the Book Birthday of this lovely little book. read Seven Stories Up,and read Bigger than a Breadbox. To go along with it. Because children , the hearts of children, can tell us so very much about our adult selves.
Often, when I visit schools, I explain to kids that one of the very best things about writing is that it gives me the power to rewrite history, a chance to tell my own story the way I wish it could have happened.
I say, “You know how you always think of a perfect comeback three minutes after the mean kid walks away? Well, if you write a story about that moment, you have time to dream up the perfect comeback!”
Like that…
With my last two books, this has been especially true for me. With Bigger than a Bread Box, I had the chance to revise my childhood memories of divorce. To add a bit of magic, and say the things to my parents I didn’t say when I was a kid. It was a deeply satisfying feeling to give them each a copy of the book, and…
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