Anything That Gets Children Reading Is Fine.

Wherever My Story Takes Me, However Dark And Difficult The Theme, There Is Always Some Hope And Redemption, Not Because Readers Like Happy Endings, But Because I Am An Optimist At Heart. I Know The Sun Will Rise In The Morning, That There Is A Light At The End Of Every Tunnel.

A Lot Of Children, Like I Did, Move Away From Words Because Of The Fear - Which Is Something You Have To Take Out Of Education: The Fear Of Worrying About What Marks You'll Get, Detention, Worrying About Letting People Down, Your Parents, Teachers.

Read A Lot - Poems, Prose, Stories, Newspapers, Anything. Read Books And Poems That You Think You Will Like And Some That You Think Might Not Be For You. You Might Be Surprised.

He Never Reckoned Much To Schooling And That. He Said You Could Learn Most What Was Worth Knowing From Keeping Your Eyes And Ears Peeled. Best Way Of Learning, He Always Said, Was Doing.

That's What Sailing Is, A Dance, And Your Partner Is The Sea. And With The Sea You Never Take Liberties. You Ask Her, You Don't Tell Her. You Have To Remember Always That She's The Leader, Not You. You And Your Boat Are Dancing To Her Tune.