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The 40 book challenge

The goals are to expose students to a wide range of literature and encourage them to try a bit of everything so that they can become strong, capable readers of any text.

Dr. Seuss and superheroes

Gene Luen Yang discusses his early love of Dr. Seuss and the superheroes Spider-Man and Superman.

"Rotten School"

R.L. Stine describes his newest book series, which is funny instead of scary.

Becoming a writer

Dav Pilkey remembers the some of the biggest milestones in his career and the teacher who started it all.

Persistence

Surprisingly, DiCamillo credits for success not to talent, but to persistence.

Hopes and dreams

Marcus believes that every generation makes books that contain the hopes and dreams it wants to pass onto the next generation.

A bumpy start

Laurie Halse Anderson struggled with learning to read.

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