Rita Williams-Garcia
My childhood reading helped to build me from the inside. More
Lauren Oliver
I read so that I can learn and I write so that I can explore. More
Victoria Aveyard
Reading, writing, and story have always been my gateway. More
Henry Huggins
The debut novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary. More
Freaky Friday
Classic comedic children’s novel that is so funny it has been adapted into film three times. More
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
A child’s perspective as a refugee during the rise of Nazism; now a modern classic. More
Stuart Little
White’s beloved classic about a small mouse on a big adventure is a perennial bestseller. More
Jenna Bush Hager
I read because it’s in my DNA. More
The Graveyard Book
Winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. More
Flat Stanley
This series celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2014 and has sold more than one million copies. More
Judith Kerr
Why I write: Usually, so that I can do the illustrations. More
Michael Morpurgo
I like above all to share the excitement of my dreams and discoveries, my doubts and fears, my joys and my sorrows, to take my readers on new journeys with me. More
Tessa Duder
This week, I’ve been with Elena Ferrante in Naples, travelling The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan... More
The New Kid on the Block
Prelutsky was named America’s first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. More
Katherine Applegate
I write to see where I’ve already been. More
Patricia MacLachlan
I read as a child to find out what I thought, what I wished for, and what scared me. More
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Newbery Award winner about the power of family, which has sold over 4.5 million copies. More
A Light in the Attic
Classic collection of poems and illustrations by Shel Silverstein; ALA Notable Children’s Book. More
Katherine Paterson
I read because I want more than one life, and books give me a limitless number of lives—lives that are different from the one I was born into. More
Charlotte’s Web
Considered a classic of children’s literature; a novel of friendship, love, life, and death. More
Little House on the Prairie
Third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has sold more than 34 million copies. More
Red Scarf Girl
Searing memoir set during the height of the Cultural Revolution in China. More
Sounder
Newbery Award–winning book that became an influential children’s work on race and class. More
Amelia Bedelia
The first book featuring the now-classic, hilariously literal-minded character Amelia Bedelia. More
A Bear Called Paddington
The original story of the bear who arrived at Paddington Station from darkest Peru. More
Old Yeller
Instantly acclaimed, it has become one of the most beloved children’s classics ever written. More
Journey to Jo’burg
Groundbreaking book set in South Africa during the apartheid era and banned by its government. More