There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.

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• Barbara Park:

  My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperate

• Barbara Park:

  There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of th

• Barbara Park:

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

• Barbara Park:

  I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

• Barbara Park:

  My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that

• Barbara Park:

  Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character i

• Barbara Park:

  My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my

• Barbara Park:

  Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.

• Barbara Park:

  I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a

• Barbara Park:

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