Alice books hold up through time

Hi! I’ve written a handful of times, I think, but not recently. I loved the Alice books from elementary school, and I’m 27 now. I live in Florida and Hurricane Ian knocked out my power for about a week, and I ended up diving into an Alice book set (It’s Not Like I Planned It This Way) to pass the time while we waited for power. It was a great escape and I see you are still actively answering letters so I wanted to tell you even at age 27, these books are priceless and timeless, and I will be hopefully passing them to my own future child when the time comes. Thank you for helping me get through such a hard week. Hope you and your loved ones are well!

You’re obviously one of the lucky ones to only lose power for a week, but I’m glad to know it wasn’t worse for you.  I’m glad you feel that the Alice books are timeless, even though she never uses a cell phone or so many other gadgets that we use today.  Feelings are the same.  I’m giving a lecture next week on censorship and have been reading old letters from fans telling how certain books helped them through a difficult time.  Thanks so much for writing to me.