The Williamstown Advocate, September, 1997

HUNTER PRAISED: The Aug. 26 edition of The Dover (Mass.) Tab carried a full-page story extolling Sara Hoagland Hunter for her authorship of The Unbreakable Code; a conversation between a Navajo boy and his grandfather forms the vehicle for a true story of how the Navajos were used by the U.S. government, during World War II, to create a secret code that the Japanese were unable to decipher. The Smithsonian listed her book as a 1996 Notable Book for Children, and this summer it won the Western Writers of America's Spur Award in the children's category. Sara has written six books since 1995. For Jim Henson Productions she did Miss Piggy's Night Out, a whimsical tale chronicling Miss Piggy's quest to become a star, and last year two books for Warner Brothers, based on Looney Tunes characters: Beauty and the Feast, featuring Bugs Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil, and The Good, the Bad, and the Tweety, featuring a lovable bird and a hungry, hapless cat. Last year she also published Rondo's Stuff, based on the Nickelodeon television show for preschoolers earlier this year. She also has written lyrics of 20 songs on a compact disc, entitled Born to Sing, parodies of Mother Goose rhymes, sung by "baby Looney Tunes" characters.