Beside paperwork, being a children's book author carries other responsibilities. Yolen worries a little about her books being taught in schools, citing a 25-page teacher's guide to Commander Toad in Space . Although her writing can be playful and witty, Yolen takes her role of storyteller seriously. Slowly this, too is filled up. What slips in before it anneals shapes the man or woman into whch that child will grow.
Story is one of the most serious intruders into the heart.
Yolen, who, even as you read this, is probably writing a story, is a most serious, but also a most welcome intruder.