At the festival, Judy Blume read to a group of children from her own favorite book as a child,"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

She decides to make every recipe in Child's best known cookbook in one year and write her own book about the experience.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

But the thing they wanted most was the thing they lacked - a child to call their own.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Eartha Kitt said her own experiences as a child left her a divided person.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

But O I love you it sings, my little my country My food my parent my child I want you my own My flower my fin my life my lightness my O...

VOA: special.2011.01.31

Still,she says her books reflect the Nancy Drew stories that she read as a child: "Things that I read as a kid keep cropping up in my own work whether I realize it or not.

VOA: special.2009.08.24