Flat Stanley
This series celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2014 and has sold more than one million copies. More
Rita Williams-Garcia
My childhood reading helped to build me from the inside. More
Thanhha Lai
I read because I dream of having a super power. More
Old Yeller
Instantly acclaimed, it has become one of the most beloved children’s classics ever written. 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
Victoria Aveyard
Reading, writing, and story have always been my gateway. More
Sounder
Newbery Award–winning book that became an influential children’s work on race and class. More
Charlotte’s Web
Considered a classic of children’s literature; a novel of friendship, love, life, and death. More
Journey to Jo’burg
Groundbreaking book set in South Africa during the apartheid era and banned by its government. More
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1)
First book written in the world-celebrated Narnia series; captivating readers for more than sixty years. 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
Patricia MacLachlan
I read as a child to find out what I thought, what I wished for, and what scared me. More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
Sara Pennypacker
I write because the really good stuff—how funny and beautiful the world is, even when it’s not; More
Little Bear
The very first I Can Read! book has sold more than one million copies. 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
Divergent
First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. More
Julie of the Wolves
Newbery Medal–winning classic about a girl living among wolves. More
Lauren Oliver
I read so that I can learn and I write so that I can explore. More
Beezus and Ramona
Newbery Medal winner; humorous and beloved tale of the ups and downs of sisterhood. More
Kristan Higgins
A book that influenced me and why . . . Little House on the Prairie. More
The Butterfly Lion
A moving story of enduring friendship, this is the award-winning favorite from a master storyteller. More
Sabriel
A revolutionary story that made Nix a rising star in the fantasy genre. 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
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
