Divergent
First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. More
Little Bear
The very first I Can Read! book has sold more than one million copies. More
Letter from Garth Williams regarding illustrations for the Little House series
When acclaimed illustrator Garth Williams was commissioned to create new illustrations for Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, he traveled west to see the actual sites Wilder referred to in her writings and to meet Laura herself. More
Letter from Fred Gipson regarding Old Yeller
Old Yeller is the beloved tale of a boy and his loyal, clever, “big yeller” dog. More
Jenna Bush Hager
I read because it’s in my DNA. More
Tessa Duder
This week, I’ve been with Elena Ferrante in Naples, travelling The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan... More
Rita Williams-Garcia
My childhood reading helped to build me from the inside. 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
Judith Kerr
Why I write: Usually, so that I can do the illustrations. More
Red Scarf Girl
Searing memoir set during the height of the Cultural Revolution in China. More
Howl’s Moving Castle
This popular novel stars one of the most beloved and charismatic characters in children’s literature. More
Soman Chainani
Whatever psychic wounds have turned me into a writer I am thankful for. More
Victoria Aveyard
Reading, writing, and story have always been my gateway. More
Social Change: Women Writers
In the mid-late 1800s, Harper & Brothers reprinted several milestone titles in the history of British feminist literature as well as the global canon, such as Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847), and Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), as well as George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1872). More
Thanhha Lai
I read because I dream of having a super power. More
Sabriel
A revolutionary story that made Nix a rising star in the fantasy genre. More
Beezus and Ramona
Newbery Medal winner; humorous and beloved tale of the ups and downs of sisterhood. More
The History of HarperCollins Children’s Books in the U.S.
The Department of Books for Boys and Girls at Harper was established in the U.S. in 1926. More
Meg Cabot
I write because of readers like Diana Moreno, who handed me a letter recently telling me that, as the firstborn daughter of immigrants, she felt lonely and shy when she arrived here in 2004 . . . until she found my books. More
Freaky Friday
Classic comedic children’s novel that is so funny it has been adapted into film three times. More
Lauren Oliver
I read so that I can learn and I write so that I can explore. More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
Dodger
Michael L. Printz Honor Book from bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett; rich with humor and wisdom. More
Stuart Little
White’s beloved classic about a small mouse on a big adventure is a perennial bestseller. More
The New Kid on the Block
Prelutsky was named America’s first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. More
Patricia MacLachlan
I read as a child to find out what I thought, what I wished for, and what scared me. More
Sounder
Newbery Award–winning book that became an influential children’s work on race and class. More