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Caricatures created by politics never fit comfortably into the Oval Office.


David K. Shipler

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K. A. APPLEGATE I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnera...
K. A. APPLEGATE I think all writers write from the time they're really young, and you just start asking the ques...
K. A. APPLEGATE Gorillas may seem terrifying because of their bodies, but they are really magnificent and very gentl...
K. A. APPLEGATE I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.
K. A. APPLEGATE When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.
K. A. APPLEGATE One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine l...
K. A. APPLEGATE I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a publi...
K. A. APPLEGATE At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. ...
K. A. APPLEGATE I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the sympho...
K. A. APPLEGATE I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin roma...
K. A. APPLEGATE Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawin...
K. A. APPLEGATE One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is...
K. A. APPLEGATE When I was a child, going to a circus with wild animal acts was a rite of passage. These days, it...
K. A. APPLEGATE I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
K. A. APPLEGATE I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and...
K. A. APPLEGATE I really love writing, but I am very easily distracted: my two cats fighting, a rainbow, a TV show.....
K. A. APPLEGATE As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
K. A. APPLEGATE Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
K. A. APPLEGATE I grew up with a menagerie of dogs, cats, gerbils - not to mention three younger siblings.
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