Katherine Paterson on the Fears of Childhood

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Children’s author Katherine Paterson tells Steve Paulson that too many people deny the emotional reality of childhood.  Her books are popular because she recognizes the fears children face. Paterson has won the Newbery Award and the Hans Christian Anderson Medal. Her books include “The Bridge to Tarabithia,” and “The Great Gilly Hopkins.”