Students in Dave Webb's fourth grade class at Pleasant Valley Elementary School recently wrote to Jerry Spinelli with questions and received answers from the Newbery Award-winning author. The interview was published in their class newspaper and also as a video podcast on their Web page,

www.youtube.com/webbcasts. Shown with their Spinelli books are first row, from left: Daniel Weiss and Jack Robinson. Second row: Ben Jacoby, Brianna Lutz, Julia Garbacz, Andrea Janak, and Sydney Martinez. Row three: Rejhan Sabovic, Erin Connolly, Nic Mazzella, Meara Hanyon, and Dale Roberts.