About the Book Release your inner Drag Queen and get ready for Pumpkin! Growing up in a small town isn’t easy especially when you’re fat AND openly gay like Waylon Brewer. Luckily, Waylon has a plan. After graduation, he and...
The Accursed Vampire is on sale 7/27/21 When I write and draw comics intended for a middle grade reader, I can’t help but think about my experiences as a book-loving kid. I think about what I would’ve found fun and...
By Meena Harris Meena Harris is the Founder and CEO of Phenomenal and the New York Times bestselling author of Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea. She currently resides in San Francisco with her partner and two daughters. “No one can...
On Sale 11/3/20 Dear Reader, We all know people who are sparklers—who shine in every situation and light up a room when they arrive. For those a little less confident, it can be exciting to have a friend who makes...
On Sale September 1st! Dear Reader, I recently found a note I scribbled to myself November 10th 2016: “I am struggling to reconcile my identity as an American.” While recent political history has brought this challenge to the front of...
On Sale 8/11 Dear Reader, In February of 2017, I was invited to be a key note speaker at the Women’s Leadership Summit at Ridge High School, my alma mater in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. I was asked to simply...
Early Departures is on sale Dear Reader, This story exists because I can’t let my friend go. I want to know where he is, if he’s okay. I want to tell him he’s still the funniest person I know. Thank...
On Sale Now! Dear Reader, My first boyfriend was twenty-two years old. I was fifteen. The greatest secret I ever kept. It was exciting and invigorating, to be considered so beautiful and adult-like, but ultimately, I knew it wasn’t right—the...
Something to Say by Lisa Moore RaméeOn sale 7/14/20 Dear Reader: Something to Say is about a lot of things. It examines whether we should hold people accountable for things they said or did "a long time ago," or when...
Kadir Nelson’s Heart and Soul: The story of America and African Americans Kadir Nelson for The New Yorker Kadir Nelson for Rolling Stone Kadir Nelson’s art is centered in the message that Black stories, history, and lives not only matter,...
We Dream of Space is On Shelves Now! Dear Reader, I grew up in the 1980s. I wore jelly shoes and Jams. I had a Trapper Keeper and sticker book. I remember the names of my Cabbage Patch dolls. I...
Happy Birthday, Frog and Toad! This year marks the 50th anniversary of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. HarperStacks sat down (virtually!) with Tamar Mays, a HarperCollins Executive Editor, to discuss the longevity of the books and the...
Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine writes about her family’s journey as Spanish Jewish exiles and eventual immigration to the United States. In her new book, A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, she writes of a young Jewish girl living under...
The Fire Never Goes Out is on sale now! It is 2009. You are 17 and you are on fire. You have hair that's cut as short as it will go, and it doesn't bother you when people tease you...
RED HOOD, by Elana K. Arnold, is on shelves now! Dear Reader, Once, there was a girl who left the path. Once, there was a wolf who waited for her. We hear versions of this story all the time—in fairy...
My Papa, African American Storytelling, and the Everyday Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom Going to the library as a child, the small selection of books I found featuring black or brown characters were usually about the titans of black history:...
Here in the Real World by Sara PennypackerAvailable 2.4.20 Dear Reader, “Open your eyes. Here in the real world, bad stuff happens,” Jolene admonishes Ware repeatedly. She’s right, of course: These days, devastating blows to environmental, social, and economic justice...
Efrén Divided by Ernesto CisnerosOn Sale 3.31.20 Dear Reader, I am so pleased you have chosen to read Efrén Divided, a story deeply rooted in family, friendship, and the tearing down of walls being built between us all. It is...
NOT SO PURE AND SIMPLE by Lamar GilesOn sale 1.21.20 Dear Reader, When I was young, there was no shortage of guys willing to give me advice. From uncles to older cousins to peers. (Didn’t we all know that kid...
YES NO MAYBE SO by Becky Albertalli & Aisha SaeedAvailable 2.4.20 Dear Reader, In November of 2016, we watched in horror and panic as Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. Like many people, we were anxious about...
ONE HUG by Katrina Moore; illustrated by Julia WoolfAvailable 12.10.19! A TEACHER’S JOURNEY TO WRITING PICTURE BOOKS Dear Teacher, I’ve been teaching elementary education for ten years—grades one through five, and over 250 students to date. It’s been the best,...
