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When I Read To Children, I Try To Become The Characters. It's Great If You Can Make A Separate Voice For Each Character. Sometimes You Can Lower Your Voice With Excitement Or Get More Intimate About It: You Can Lean Forward And Engage The Children As A Narrator Or As A Reader. It's Particularly Important That You Find The Voice That You Want To Use For Each Character, Because Then Children Can Imagine That Person As You're Reading Aloud. And Of Course, The Illustrations Help Enormously.

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When I Read To Children, I Try To Become The Characters. It's Great If You Can Make A Separate Voice For Each Character. Sometimes You Can Lower Your Voice With Excitement Or Get More Intimate About It: You Can Lean Forward And Engage The Children As A Narrator Or As A Reader. It's Particularly Important That You Find The Voice That You Want To Use For Each Character, Because Then Children Can Imagine That Person As You're Reading Aloud. And Of Course, The Illustrations Help Enormously.

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I Think Of Part Of Myself As A Very Passionate Person, But I Don't Think That Comes Across. I Don't Know Where It Comes From, That Reserve Or Veneer Of British Niceness. But It Doesn't Bother Me If Other People Don't Spot The Passion. I Know It's There.

If You Can Instill A Love Of Reading In Your Children, They Will Be Ahead Of The Curve At School And In Their Lives In General. Their Imaginations Will Be Stimulated. I Thank Heavens For The Father That Gave Me That To Begin With.

I Have Always Wished I Could Learn To Be A Potter. I Love Collecting Ceramics; It Would Be So Fulfilling To Create Something Lovely.

Miracles Are Happening Every Day. I Do Think That's True. If You Can Take The Time To Look. It Took Me A While To Learn That, Though Some Children Know It Instinctively And They Do Have Wonder When They Are Kids. But The Trouble Is, As We Grow Older, We Lose It.

For Me, Singing Was Always About The Lyrics. I'm Hopeless At Singing Songs That Don't Have A Core.

Well It's All Right To Cry. It Helps A Great Deal Sometimes.

Once Upon A Time, There Was A Magic Kingdom Made Of Hopes And Childhood Fantasies. A Timeless Place Where Every Land Was Filled With Wonder. A Place Where Everyone Who Entered Its Gates Would Be Given The Gift Of The Young At Heart.

Sadly I Don't Sing. I Missed It For A Long Time, But My Daughter Emma Said Something Wonderful When I Was Feeling Blue One Day: "mom, You've Just Found A Different Way Of Using Your Voice, And That's With Your Books." In A Way, She's Right. It's Just A Different Way Of Expressing What I Feel About Music, Individuality, Art And All The Things I've Always Loved.

I Would Be A Fool To Deny My Own Abilities.

For Me, Singing Was Always About The Lyrics. I'm Hopeless At Singing Songs That Don't Have A Core.

I Work Out As Little As I Can For As Much Gain As I Can. Yoga And A Little Bit Of Ballet -- Only 30 Or 40 Minutes Every Other Day. I Keep Supple For Myself More Than For Roles.

Perseverance Is Failing 19 Times And Succeeding The 20th.

When Adversity Hits, Go Out And Learn Something.

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