When I stopped teaching, I had started writing so I got to go to schools and in that way, I was still teaching. Q: You taught many years in the Cincinnati Public Schools. I’m working on a book now where the main character hangs out in the library all the time. The librarian was my best friend and the library was my second home. It didn’t take long for me to read everything on the elementary side of the library. You could check out 10 books at a time and that’s what I would do. Q: What was reading like for you when you were a child?ĭraper: My mother took me to the library every single Saturday from the time I was 3 years old. The first book, “Out of My Mind,” was translated into 23 languages, so Melody could be French, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese. I wanted to focus on what these kids could do. Your wheelchair or your crutches don’t care. If you have a disability, it really doesn’t matter what color you are. Is Melody a Black girl?ĭraper: I don’t know. Q: You’re an African American writer but in some of your books, readers can’t tell what race the characters are.
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