The Caterpillar archive is full of SO MUCH good stuff –– haunted houses, circus acts, monsters, banjos, even excuses for not doing your homework (but we didn't tell you those, if anyone asks).

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❛ One of the reasons I love writing children’s books is that children’s books only deal with the important stuff... All children’s books are about death. All about what is a human? What is life for?

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, born #OTD in 1959.

Summer might be over but the fun doesn't have to stop!

Looking for a way to convince them that reading isn't boring? We've got long words and funny ones, poems about adventure and stories about monsters, and more – all in the Caterpillar Archives.

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❛ The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Author Madeleine L'Engle, who died #OTD in 2007.

❛ Most people seem to be interested in turning their dreams into reality. Then there are those who turn reality into dreams. I belong to the latter group.

Illustrator Allen Say, born #OTD in 1937.