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Barbara Park

American Author

Born: Apr 21, 1947

Died: Nov 15, 2013

Based Books Good Laugh Me Think

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job. Barbara Park

Work Me Job Way Laugh Dream Through Gotten Years

There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge. Barbara Park

Smile Book Value Nothing Believe Think Extraordinary Those Moral Tries More Only Gives Fact Perfect Terms Reader Impose Huge Than Offers Role Role Models Models Children In Fact Happen Personally Measured Who Lessons Two

I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron. Barbara Park

Find Perfect Term Child Oxymoron

I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home. Barbara Park

I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze. Barbara Park

You Problem Down Think Way Would Find Object About Something Struggling Adult Simplest Feel Stuff Look How Go Denominator Up Just Common Common Denominator Right

I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately. Barbara Park

Good Me Enough Everything Say Kid Immediately Entertained Rarely Occasionally Were Very Child Just Which Urgent Teachers Needed

I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful. Barbara Park

Internet Reading Too Books Hurtful About Because Stopped

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