When I share our book with pre-school classes, nearly every kid will blurt out: "I'm four!" "I'll be four next month!" "I'm four, and my sister is only three but she'll be four in the summer!" "My dog had four puppies!" I've given up trying to stop it, and simply encourage them to take turns. By the age of four, you can at least start looking forward to the day when they're old enough to manage their bodily excretions on their own. They're mostly done leaking from their orifices.
They ask amazing questions like, "Mama, is four a little or a lot?" or, "Are zebras black or white?" (My niece asked me that one, as an inquiring four-year-old, wondering if zebras have white stripes on their black fur, or black stripes on white.) They're adorable. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen a four-year-old who was not cute, cuddly and captivating!ĭevelopmentally, they're at a great stage. Their minds are exploding. I was drawn to the opportunity to help create something like that, something for any kid to love, even long after I'm gone.įour (of the many, many, many, many) Reasons: Classic children's books are timeless, with universal appeal. The only one we discovered was not Hamlet, Huck Finn, or the Bible, but The Cat in the Hat. The Pretentious Answer: A professor in college asked our Major American Authors class what books we had all read in common. The Hopeful Answer: One word-Royalties. In these uncertain times, a bit of reliable income down the line could be a life-saver, or at least a mortgage-saver. Four is a little, Four is a LOT was inspired by a special moment between Cheska and her two sons, and I knew she'd love to see it turned into a book. Thankfully, the two summers after that, my big sister took me in, for which I'm eternally grateful! Repaying her kindness in kind is impossible, so I always try to do nice things for her. The Grateful Answer: My first attempt at college didn't go well, and I became the dreaded "disappointment to my parents." After a bumpy year, I spent the summer back home, at Mom and Dad's.
The Altruistic Answer: You know, for kids! I love four-year-olds, and I knew that four-year-olds would love Cheska's story, so I wanted to turn it into a book that I could share with all the amazing four-year-olds I knew, all those I'd ever know, and even the ones I'd never know!
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