He's fat. He's lazy. He's selfish. He's cynical. He's generally endearing, because those kinds of things are forgivable in a cat. According to cartoonist Jim Davis, that is why we identify with his creation, Garfield. Not only do we like him because he's a cat, but because we see ourselves in him. "All I do is just create a mirror to life and show it back with a humorous twist," Davis admitted

Popular summer basketball camp stresses drills and fundamentals. Reggie Miller had to work extra hard this year. No, not only during the NBA playoffs, but during his basketball camp this summer where he had a turnout of almost 400 kids. "It's grown each year. We've never gone down in numbers," explained Miller. The number of campers varies from year to year. At his first camp, held in 1990 at

`They're from my life. All my ideas are from my life," said Gary Paulsen, referring to where he gets the ideas for his books. Looking at the trials and antics in Paulsen's 54 years, it's easy to understand why his novels are so popular, especially the Newbery award-winning Hatchet and Dogsong. Children's Express interviewed Paulsen in April when he came to Indianapolis on a book-signing tour a