“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” — Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 from his website: “Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, …

Jean Craighead George… Maurice Sendak… and… Carlos Fuentes… Whenever my students and I were having a wild day, all we had to do was read “Where the Wild Things Are” and we pow! We calmed down right down. Big kids, little kids, the teachers and I… It was like magic. Someone gifted me little “Where …