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I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

- Jean Craighead George
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Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'

I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.'

Every day, I get e-mails from kids who want a tree - a world away from the adult world.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.

I would just watch the animals, and their stories would roll out when I wrote.

Oh, those golden-yellow eyes of the wolf! You can feel yourself being pulled in. I knew I had been accepted - and that I had spoken to another species.

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I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.