Angela’s Ashes
The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More
Seven Years in Tibet
A landmark in travel writing, it has been translated into fifty-three languages. More
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Garner’s celebrated children’s fantasy novel has become a cult classic of children’s literature. More
Monster
Winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award and the Coretta Scott King Award. More
The Graveyard Book
Winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
A child’s perspective as a refugee during the rise of Nazism; now a modern classic. More
Sara Pennypacker
I write because the really good stuff—how funny and beautiful the world is, even when it’s not; More
Freaky Friday
Classic comedic children’s novel that is so funny it has been adapted into film three times. More
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Newbery Award winner about the power of family, which has sold over 4.5 million copies. More
Victoria Aveyard
Reading, writing, and story have always been my gateway. More
Tessa Duder
This week, I’ve been with Elena Ferrante in Naples, travelling The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan... More
Little House on the Prairie
Third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has sold more than 34 million copies. More
The New Kid on the Block
Prelutsky was named America’s first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. More
Divergent
First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. More
Charlotte’s Web
Considered a classic of children’s literature; a novel of friendship, love, life, and death. More
Thanhha Lai
I read because I dream of having a super power. More
The Year of Magical Thinking
Winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. 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
Sounder
Newbery Award–winning book that became an influential children’s work on race and class. More
Old Yeller
Instantly acclaimed, it has become one of the most beloved children’s classics ever written. More
Bridge to Terabithia
Newbery Medal–winning novel; a true modern classic and touchstone of children’s literature. More
Red Scarf Girl
Searing memoir set during the height of the Cultural Revolution in China. More
Patricia MacLachlan
I read as a child to find out what I thought, what I wished for, and what scared me. More
The Gulag Archipelago
Named “the best nonfiction book of the 20th century” by Time magazine. 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
Dodger
Michael L. Printz Honor Book from bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett; rich with humor and wisdom. More