Judith Windeler, whose pen name is Minerva Taylor, is a former teacher and librarian who has been a freelance writer for twenty years, and has published many humorous articles about her family in magazines and newspapers. She combines her lifelong interests in the environment and family values in 'The Mole Brothers' Magnificent Mission', employing these themes in this tale of two tiny moles fighting extinction by humans. In a role reversal the mole children take responsibility from adults in a brave attempt to save family and friends. The author is currently working on an adventure story of a