(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. This book offers a serviceable, if formulaic, portrait of the popular children's and young-adult writer. The text provides basic biographical information in addition to exploring the inspiration behind some of Blume's works. Photographs and quotations from interviews enliven the text. A list of works, synopses of popular books and characters, and a major awards timeline are appended. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works; Mythmaker has been revised and updated. Volumes include photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for report writers and aspiring authors. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gary Soto, Mythmaker: The Story of J. K. Rowling, and Meg Cabot.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works; Mythmaker has been revised and updated. Volumes include photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for report writers and aspiring authors. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gary Soto, Mythmaker: The Story of J. K. Rowling, and Meg Cabot.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works; Mythmaker has been revised and updated. Volumes include photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for report writers and aspiring authors. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gary Soto, Mythmaker: The Story of J. K. Rowling, and Meg Cabot.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Serviceable and detailed but sometimes plodding, these biographies provide extensive information about their subjects' works; since Sendak lacks the illustrator's art, the analysis of his picture books suffers, although the narrative includes controversies. Each volume includes many photos and quotes from interviews. These titles are useful mainly for author report research. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Barbara Park and Maurice Sendak.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Serviceable and detailed but sometimes plodding, these biographies provide extensive information about their subjects' works; since Sendak lacks the illustrator's art, the analysis of his picture books suffers, although the narrative includes controversies. Each volume includes many photos and quotes from interviews. These titles are useful mainly for author report research. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Barbara Park and Maurice Sendak.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. This serviceable portrait of the author of the Chronicles of Narnia outlines the important events in his life and Lewis's dramatic emotional and religious transitions. Davenport uses material and quotes from Lewis's autobiographies to give life to the otherwise rather prosaic text. The book lacks source notes but includes a list of his works, a synopsis of his two most popular books, and a list of important characters. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth