“Sometimes I'll say, "I wrote that book," and the person will look at you as if you're really strange. One time that happened to my daughter on a plane. She was sitting next to a girl who was reading one of my books and my daughter said, "My mother wrote that book." And the girl started to quiz my daughter, asking her all sorts of questions, like what are the names of Judy's children and where did she grow up. My daughter thought it was so funny.” IfsLooksChildrenPersonsSaidBookSometimesMotherGirlReadingNextNamesGrowsGrowing UpHappenedStrangeDaughterSittingAskingPlanesMy DaughterOne TimeQuiz Author:Judy Blume
“I love movies, and theater, and kayaking, reading, biking, walking - oh, and dancing. I love to dance!” ReadingWalkingTheaterDancingMovie LoveBikingKayaking Author:Judy Blume
“My parents gave me that gift of "reading is a good thing." I mean my mother was afraid of everything. But she was never afraid that Judy is reading.” MeanMotherReadingParentGood Things Author:Judy Blume
“I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.” ShouldKindBookReading Author:Judy Blume
“I never read a horse book in my life. But I thought that's what my friends were reading and that's what I should be reading. And this was "Dobbin Does This" and "Dobbin Does That."” ShouldDoeBookReadingMy FriendsHorse Author:Judy Blume
“I would make up [Theodor] Seuss-like books at night when I was cleaning up from the dinner, you know, putting these little kids to bed, reading them rhyming books. And so that's what I started doing. They were really bad. I have some in a box and it says on the box, it's a note to my kids you know, when I die, if you ever publish these I will come back and haunt you.” IfsKnowsLittlesBookKidsNightDiesReadingBedNotesBoxesDinnerCleaningLittle KidPublishRhymingCleaning Up Author:Judy Blume
“Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenBookKidsReading Author:Judy Blume
“If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. Instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object... In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced — writers’ voices, teachers’ voices, students’ voices — and all because of fear.” IfsNeedsBookAgeYoungReadingSpeakVoiceLossNovelTeacherWrittenInformationObjectsStudentsMaterialsReaderFindingsLibraryAvailableCensorshipMournSpeaks OutBland Author:Judy Blume
“A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she has a question about, if she can go to her parents, great. Or else they will read right over it. It won't mean a thing. They are very good, I think, at monitoring what makes them feel uncomfortable. If something makes them feel uncomfortable they will put it down.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsMeanChildrenBookReadingParentWorryToo MuchPicksVery GoodUncomfortableOver ItMonitoring Author:Judy Blume
