“I don't think anything is as magical as a fairy tale experience by a child.” ThinkingChildrenTalesFairyFairy Tale Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
“I always hesitate to call myself a children's poet, and I always hesitate to call what I write for children poetry. Though a few of the verses that I've written, yes, I think they are truly poems.” ThinkingWritingChildrenWrittenPoetVerses Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
“I write a lot of children's verse and I think it delights in the language. It pleases people. It's very musical. It's very lyrical and that's certainly a very important aspect of poetry. But I think that a lot of it is verse. I write well-wrought verse.” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsChildrenImportantLanguagePleaseAspectMusicalDelightVersesLyrical Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
“A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that shiver. That, "yes, it's never been said quite that way before."” ThinkingWayGivingDoeSaidLanguageShiver Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
“I have my faithful rhyming dictionary that sits up there on my desk, but I have to tell you, there are very few new rhymes that I didn't think of. I often just go right through the alphabet in my head when I'm looking for a rhyme.” ThinkingFaithfulDesksRhymeDictionaryAlphabetRhyming Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
