Presents two speeches from a library service preconference program. An author discusses her historical fiction for young adults and a Public Service Coordinator at Pekin (Illinois) Public Library focuses on interagency cooperation and her library's first intergenerational program. (AEF)

Long time favorites of authors and audiences of picture books, mice are also central figures in novels for intermediate grades. This article provides an annotated bibliography of books for grades 2-12 showing mice and humans working toward a common goal, mice and humans in conflict, mice as survivors, mice rescuers, and mice in allegory. (PEN)

Interviews three professionals, representing newsletter editors, journal editors, and authors on publishing. Highlights include why librarians should write for publication; ways to get started; approaches to identifying/determining topics; how originality and usefulness rank in importance; submission issues; the selection process; editorial…

Presents an interview with award-winning author Karen Hesse, discussing her writing for children and young adults. Discusses how ideas for particular books arose, as well as the research and writing processes that went into them. Appends reviews of nine books by Karen Hesse. (SR)

Offers a portrait based on a personal interview of children's author Eve Bunting. Reflects on the author's own history as a writer. Focuses on Bunting's use of rich language and her relationship with her audience over time. Illustrates the complexity and depth of some of the themes Bunting has explored in her writing throughout her career. (SR)

Updates earlier studies on the characteristics of authorship of articles published in "College & Research Libraries", focusing on gender, institutional affiliation, and extent of collaboration. Results show representation by academic librarians and authors affiliated with library schools increased, collaboration predominated, and…

Investigated DIALOG's RANK command to generate a list of prominent authors in biodiversity for use in cocitation studies. Concluded that RANK did not retrieve a quality set because highly cited authors of general texts presented a misaligned picture of specialization. Suggests that limiting citations to journal articles would present a more…

Reflects personally on the difficulties and pleasures the author has experienced in her dual life as a teacher and writer. (TB)

Contains a descriptive list of the finest childrens books available, not as a means of creating mandatory curriculum reading lists but as a means of helping teachers keep up with the best books on the market. Discusses books that address authors' lives, honor the Spanish language, enrich the teaching of history, and teach reading. (TB)

Presents an interview with author/illustrator Peggy Rathmann, writer of the 1996 Caldecott Award winner for the children's picture book "Officer Buckle and Gloria," about her development as a writer and illustrator and about her "safety obsession." (SR)

Describes how the attitudes toward textbooks of students enrolled in a study strategies class underwent change as they worked with a particular psychology textbook. Notes that the students wrote to the author, who in turn wrote back. Argues that students' affective responses to textbook reading may be the most undervalued dimension of content area…

Presents a description of "Americans in Paris," a course in English developed to attract nonlanguage majors to French Studies classes. The course focuses on American writers who lived in Paris between 1890 and 1955. Course content showcases input French professors can bring to this cross-disciplinary subject by examining American works…

Considers language acquisition, language maintenance, and language instruction among ethnolinguistic minorities through the unique perspective of writers who belong to ethnolinguistic minorities and write in a language other than their mother tongue. Focuses on the works of Tahar ben Jelloun and Sayed Qashu. (Author/VWL)

Aims to promote communication among all participants in the scholarly publishing process in the interest of enhancing professional goals, standards, and accomplishments. Discusses the submission of manuscripts, the evaluation and the publication of books and articles. (SG)

Discusses how an exploration of Carol Ryrie Brink's 1935 novel "Caddie Woodlawn" helps to indicate more specifically the ideas women writers were communicating to generations of young female readers. Concludes that feminism is alive and well in the novel. (MG)