(Simon and Schuster, 2000)
Fifteen illustrated conversations with some of America’s best-known children’s book authors: Judy Blume, Bruce Brooks, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, James Howe, Johanna Hurwitz, E. L. Konigsburg, Lois Lowry, Ann M. Martin, Nicholasa Mohr, Gary Paulsen, Jon Scieszka, Seymour Simon, and Laurence Yep.
2001 Best Book, Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street College of Education
2001 Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
2000 Best Book, New York Public Library
2000 VOYA Nonfiction Honor List
2000 Los Angeles Unified School District 100 Best Books of the Year
“Fascinating” — Kirkus
“Indispensable . . . [A] first-rate collection of interviews.” — Riverbank Review
