People Ask Me If I

A Lot Of My Colleagues At School Became Great Friends Of Mine.

I Decided To Go To Latin America Because Many Of My Students In Washington Emigrated From This Region And Inspired Me To Learn More About Their Home Countries.

Kids Are So Dynamic; If You're Tired And You Walk Into A Roomful Of Kids, Your Energy Is Brought Up To Their Level.

[my Mom] Is Quite The Strict Editor. I Feel Like Maybe She Has More Of The Old-school Editing Style, Which Really Works In Picture Books, Because You Don't Want To Articulate Anything In Words That Is Already Shown Through The Pictures.

Not Shakespeare. In College I Took A Shakespeare Class Because I Was An English Major, And They Had A Summer Program Called Shakespeare At Winedale, Which Is Out In The German Hill Country In Texas , Where You Go Out And Live For Two Months And Then You Perform Three Plays At The End Of That Time.