My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda Woodson. I just loved the power of that, of being able to put a letter on the page and that letter meaning something.
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.
Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.
Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do.
In young adult novels and children's books, you stay in moment. The story goes through a school year or a weekend. You never get a sense of a future self because the young person has not lived that yet.
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature.