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I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life.
Judy Blume
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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
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I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.
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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
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Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
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The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves. You know there's a connection even if you don't talk about it when you read the same books.
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