Author Peter Brown was in Traverse City, Mich., as guest of honor at a Battle of the Books event sponsored by the National Writers Series. He's pictured here with a local book lover wearing a life-size Roz costume, inspired by the main character in his Wild Robot books. The Wild Robot (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) was one of the books the competing teams of students studied for this competition; Brown presented awards to the winning and second-place teams.
