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,...
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day - On Shelves Now! Dear Reader, Before we begin Edie’s story, I’d like to tell you about the day I realized who she was. And where she was from. And why I...
BUTTERFLY YELLOW by Thanhhà Lại - On Shelves Now! Dear Reader, At a Buddhist temple in San Diego, there is a memorial room filled with tiny photographs of those who have passed. Mostly, the portraits show people with gray hair...
How to Read a Bookby Kwame Alexanderart by Melissa SweetOn Shelves Now! A note from author Kwame Alexander: I wrote this poem for World Read Aloud Day in 2010. My friend Pam Allyn, founder of the global literacy organization LitWorld,...
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga on shelves now! Dear Reader, Imagine that you are an Arab American girl who was born in the United States, and this happens: The boy sitting across from you in science class casually...
A Normal Pigby K-Fai SteeleOn Shelves Now! What is normal? Who gets to decide what the word "normal" means? Pip is a spotted pig who grows up in an all-pink pig town. Pip is by her standards pretty normal; she...
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada KellyOn shelves 9.3.19 Dear Reader, There's a reason why folktales and fables can be so frightening. They tell us something about our world — its beasts and monsters, curses and evils. We...
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez; illustrated by Jaime KimON SHELVES NOW! Dear Reader, Although I have lived in the United States longer than I lived in my birth country, Argentina, and have been an American citizen since...
