When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
A child’s perspective as a refugee during the rise of Nazism; now a modern classic. More
Thanhha Lai
I read because I dream of having a super power. More
The Butterfly Lion
A moving story of enduring friendship, this is the award-winning favorite from a master storyteller. More
Patricia MacLachlan
I read as a child to find out what I thought, what I wished for, and what scared me. 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
Kristan Higgins
A book that influenced me and why . . . Little House on the Prairie. More
The Graveyard Book
Winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. More
Garth Williams, Illustrator
Garth Williams was a little-known but talented young illustrator when he was commissioned by Ursula Nordstrom, head of Harper’s Department of Books for Boys and Girls, to illustrate the classic Stuart Little by E. B. White. More
Little House on the Prairie
Third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has sold more than 34 million copies. More
Little Bear
The very first I Can Read! book has sold more than one million copies. More
Stacy Gregg
Each time the love is different. You meet-cute on the first page. More
Old Yeller
Instantly acclaimed, it has become one of the most beloved children’s classics ever written. More
Jacqueline Winspear
I read because I love language, the way the joining of words and the rhythm of a story can make me laugh, cry, or take me out of my world or immerse me in the lives of others. More
Monster
Winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award and the Coretta Scott King Award. More
Flat Stanley
This series celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2014 and has sold more than one million copies. 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
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
Divergent
First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. 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
Rita Williams-Garcia
My childhood reading helped to build me from the inside. More
Soman Chainani
Whatever psychic wounds have turned me into a writer I am thankful for. More
Henry Huggins
The debut novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary. More
The Boy in the Dress
The sharp and funny first novel for children from bestselling publishing phenomenon David Walliams. More
Cammie McGovern
As the younger sister of an adored (sometimes overly perfect) sister, discovering Ramona and Beezus and the gang on Klikitat Street was a life-changer for me. More
Howl’s Moving Castle
This popular novel stars one of the most beloved and charismatic characters in children’s literature. More
Stuart Little
White’s beloved classic about a small mouse on a big adventure is a perennial bestseller. More
Julie of the Wolves
Newbery Medal–winning classic about a girl living among wolves. More