THIS IS PAT BRISSON.

She writes

easy-to-read

chapter books.

This is Bertie.

He is in second grade.

Two of Pat's books are about him.

This is Pat in second grade.

This is Sister Mary Hugh, Pat's teacher.

One day, Sister Mary Hugh was reading

a story to Pat's class.

It was about a storm.

The rain poured down.

Lightning streaked across the sky.

Thunder boomed.

Pat could see the storm in her mind.

It seemed so real.

When the story was over

it was time to go home.

A boy in the class went to the cloakroom

and brought Sister Mary Hugh's umbrella

to her at her desk.

Sister Mary Hugh looked surprised.

"But Andrew," she said,

"I don't need my umbrella.

The sun is shining!"

Everybody laughed.

Everybody except Pat.

She was getting ready

to bring Sister her rain boots.

That's how real

the storm seemed to her.

Pat never forgot that stories

have power and magic in them.

She never forgot

her second grade teacher, either.

HOT FUDGE HERO

is dedicated to Sister Mary Hugh,

who taught Pat to read,

and showed her

the power of stories.

Pat also wrote

LITTLE SISTER, BIG SISTER.

Diana Cain Bluthenthal

drew the pictures

for this book, too.

Edna is the little sister.

Hester is the big sister.

Sometimes they get along well.

Sometimes they don't.

But they always love each other.

Pat has two big sisters,

Mary Beth and Kathy.

Mostly, they all got along well.

They always loved each other, too.

They also have two brothers,

Tom and Kevin.

Here's a picture

of all five kids.

It was taken a lo-o-o-ng

time ago.

The books are HOT FUDGE HERO and

BERTIE'S PICTURE DAY.

Diana Cain Bluthenthal drew the pictures.