(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies are based on 2007 interviews with the featured writers. The authors' early lives are discussed as well as where they got the ideas for their most popular characters and plots. Sidebars provide additional information about related subjects (e.g., the NAACP, haiku). The page design is busy, but numerous photos, many from the authors' own collections, provide a personal perspective. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Christopher Paul Curtis and Linda Sue Park.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. This biography is based on a 2007 interview with Bruchac. Topics include his early life, his mixed Abenaki Indian and European heritage, and the genesis of his writing. The series design is busy, but readers may appreciate the numerous photos, many from Bruchac's own collection. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies are based on 2007 interviews with the featured writers. The authors' early lives are discussed as well as where they got the ideas for their most popular characters and plots. Sidebars provide additional information about related subjects (e.g., the NAACP, haiku). The page design is busy, but numerous photos, many from the authors' own collections, provide a personal perspective. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Christopher Paul Curtis and Linda Sue Park.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies are based on 2006 interviews with the featured writers. Topics include their early lives and the geneses of their writing. The series design is busy, but numerous photos, many from the authors' own collections, bring a more personal perspective to the figures. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Alma Flor Alda, Bruce Hale, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, and Sid Fleischman.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies are based on 2006 interviews with the featured writers. Topics include their early lives and the geneses of their writing. The series design is busy, but numerous photos, many from the authors' own collections, bring a more personal perspective to the figures. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Alma Flor Alda, Bruce Hale, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, and Sid Fleischman.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies are based on 2006 interviews with the featured writers. Topics include their early lives and the geneses of their writing. The series design is busy, but numerous photos, many from the authors' own collections, bring a more personal perspective to the figures. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Alma Flor Alda, Bruce Hale, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, and Sid Fleischman.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies are based on 2006 interviews with the featured writers. Topics include their early lives and the geneses of their writing. The series design is busy, but numerous photos, many from the authors' own collections, bring a more personal perspective to the figures. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Alma Flor Alda, Bruce Hale, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, and Sid Fleischman.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies tell about the authors' early lives and the experiences that inspired them to become writers. The volumes are based on 2005 interviews with the subjects, who provided many of the books' photos. Readers may find the sidebars and large photo captions more distracting than helpful, but the books do provide plenty of information about the authors and their writing processes. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Bruce Coville and Jack Gantos.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Authors Kids Love series. These biographies tell about the authors' early lives and the experiences that inspired them to become writers. The volumes are based on 2005 interviews with the subjects, who provided many of the books' photos. Readers may find the sidebars and large photo captions more distracting than helpful, but the books do provide plenty of information about the authors and their writing processes. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Kids Love titles: Bruce Coville and Jack Gantos.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Finding Out about Holidays series. After retelling the story from the Ramayana, Parker-Rock focuses on how Diwali is celebrated in India and in North America. The text is choppy, but the attractive photos, illustrations, and large, clear typeface make this an accessible if bland introduction. A Diwali spin on "pin the tail on the donkey" doesn't seem all that authentic. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt