 When asked about her earlier endeavors into illustrations during an interview, she mentioned that though she loves drawing, she decided her "strength was in writing and not in illustration" and said "I don't think I would illustrate a whole book anymore at this point".Her autobiography, "If You Give an Author a Pencil", was published in 2003; it is written at a second grade reading level so that it is also accessible to children.Numeroff's books have been published in many languages.