(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

(3) K-3 Meet the Author series. Photographs by John Christopher Fine. These autobiographies place special emphasis on motivation: Adler's own interests and those of his family provide the creative spark for his fiction and nonfiction; Bruchac's pride in his Native American heritage informs his writing; and painter/author Locker's respect for nature inspires his stories. Recent and archival photographs and simple but artful prose convey everything from these writers' childhood dilemmas to their artistic frustrations.

Reviewer: Nell Beram