Suggests that the author's novels will never be politically correct--they will always run the risk of offending someone. Suggests that her characters and their stories will invite disappointment, or even disapproval, from readers who look to fiction to support a point of view rather than to mirror human experience. (RS)

Profiles Lynne Cherry, author-illustrator whose books convey her interest in environmentalism and preserving natural resources. Describes her career, process of illustrating several recent books, and founding of the Center for Children's Environmental Literature in 1992. (TM)

Examines the characteristics of four selected social work journals in terms of their child welfare content. Analyzes journals representing social work education, scholarship, research, and general practice. Identifies and discusses insights about the journals, authors, and content. (DR)

Provides guidelines and information, based on the experiences of Pierce County Library (Washington), for planning a sponsored author event to raise funds for a public library. (JKP)

Discusses licensing agreements and royalties to writers for the sale of articles from online databases. CARL Corporation is working with the National Writers' Union to devise a transaction-based method of paying royalty fees to authors whose articles are used through UnCover; this agreement could provide a model for use by all database services.…

Discusses the authorship of literary works attributed to William Shakespeare. Describes the "modal analysis" authorship identification test's application to the dispute. Concludes that the poems, "Shall I Die" and "Elegy," may not have been written by Shakespeare, whereas eight poems from the collection, "The…

Relates the real-life experiences that prompted the author, the 1992 Newbery medalist, to write the novel "Shiloh." (PRA)

Discusses the career of Julia MacRae, a distinguished children's book publisher. Illustrates how her career has developed within the changing circumstances of publishing in the past 30 years and her individual responses to the changes. (PRA)

Presents arguments for free software, an open sharing of intellectual property. Highlights include the suitability of copyright for printed material but not for digital information; controlling information for profit; the natural rights of authors; economic issues; and custom enhancements of free software. (LRW)

Robert Cormier, the author of "The Chocolate War" and other books for young adults discusses his plots and characters, input from editors, writers who influenced him, themes in his novels, and his two latest books. A bibliography of 10 young adult books by Cormier is included. (EAM)

Offers comments from seven published "Reading Teacher" authors who have school affiliations on their experiences writing for professional publications. Encourages colleagues around the world to take the risk to likewise engage in this process. (MG)

Describes the author's growth as a writer (she is a well-known children's author), telling stories of her family history and her own life that provides her characters and her plots. (SR)

Discusses how children's authors Norma Fox Mazer uses stereotypes creatively to fight stereotypes, using examples from several of her books. (SR)

Defines the student authority problem as one of authorship. Considers how writing instruction tends to side-step the problem. Illustrates how a critical engagement with current ethnographic writing provides a way to understand the provisional nature of any writer's authority. (MG)

Examined institutional affiliations of authors published in three major journals of school psychology ("Psychology in the Schools,""Journal of School Psychology,""School Psychology Review") and two additional journals in the field ("Professional School Psychology,""Journal of Psychoeducational…