From: RoboRob at aol.com <RoboRob>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 22:18:51 -0400

I have enjoyed the "Meet the Author series from Richard C. Owen Books. The writing is slight and aimed at the primary crowd, but the texts are written by the authors and illustrators themselves. The books in the series our library has are:

A Bookworm Who Hatched by Verna Aardema Best Wishes by Cynthia Rylant A Storyteller's Story by Rafe Martin Firetalking by Patricia Polacco A Letter from Phoenix Farm by Jane Yolen Hau Kola Hello Friend by Paul Goble Surprising Myself by Jean Fritz The Writing Bug by Lee Bennett Hopkins Playing with Words by James Howe

I like them the most for their wonderful, up-to?te color photos of the artists, their homes, family, pets and sometimes, librarians. Even though I find myself having to push this series to the library customers, I think they are worthwile, for if nothing else, showing kids that authors are regular people. Now, where's those editions of Kevin Henkes and Lois Ehlert?

Rob Reid Eau Claire, WI
Received on Tue 28 May 1996 09:18:51 PM CDT