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I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.
Not only is a good prank harmless, but, like a good story, it reveals an essential truth that would otherwise be hidden.
I love those adult writers with the pranking ethos, [Don] DeLillo and [Donald] Barthelme and David Foster Wallace. I don't see any reason not to bring those kinds of influences to bear on books for children.
Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.
It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.
Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.
I may have been swallowed, said the duck, but I have no intention of being eaten.
I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.
