Just saying thank you

Hi PRN, I just really wanted to thank you for the Alice series and for literally making my child. I first discovered Alice when I was in the 4th grade, starting from outrageously Alice. And I was so shocked by how open and outgoing this girl was, so curious  and comfortable asking uncomfortable questions. I was so intrigued by this series and fell in love immediately and read each copy from the beginning which my 4th grade teacher had in her connection. I thought it was meant to be since by 4th grade teacher was very similar to Mrs. Plotkin who she came to adore. Reading these books I felt more comfortable wondering and feeling some of the same things Alice was, I felt better knowing I was experiencing some of the same things as Alice, (don’t get me started on the locker room when I got to middle school). Your words really answered alot of questions for me, questions I never would’ve felt comfortable asking my parents or an adult. Things like puberty and sex, and friendships and insecurities. I probably related to everything Alice was feeling in middle school, and it made me feel better knowing that. Just thank you so much for teaching me and basically raising me. Even at my age I still reread this series and I probably always will. Thank you so much.

I was so grateful for your email.  I’m sure that the book banners have taken many of the Alice books off the shelves, and it is so sad that some adults haven’t grown up enough to realize that there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting answers to questions, whether they are about bodies or bananas.  I still remember a letter I got from a mother who said my books were dangerous because “my daughter doesn’t think about sex, and I don’t WANT her to.”  And a few days later I received another letter from a girl saying how much she loved the Alice books:  “My mother says I never think about sex but I think about sex ALL THE TIME!”