What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.

I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.

There's so much that we just accept, but the reasons behind how certain rules came to be are so fascinating and funny, it just increases your affection for language.

and then Zach said a really bad word, but I doubt DeeDee noticed because it was in Farsi

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.