Deborah Malusa, 12, hugs author Laura Numeroff after giving a speech at the opening of the library donated by Numeroff at the Biwi school in Lilongwe, Malawi. Photo by Sebastian Rich.

Laura Numeroff, whose "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" is a modern classic, is struggling to be heard over 170 loud, ebullient kids stuffed into a tiled meeting room at The Elliott Bay Book Co. It's ...

If you know what that mouse needs next, you must be a fan of children's author Laura Numeroff. And if you're a fan of you won't want to miss her appearance Tuesday in Beaverton. Numeroff ...