With the help of booksellers and librarians from around the world, we’ve created this collection of 200 iconic HarperCollins titles—beloved books that have inspired, informed, entertained, and endured.
Whether they are prizewinners, runaway bestsellers, groundbreaking nonfiction, or simply a favorite novel, these books have all had a singular influence on our literary culture.
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The New Kid on the Block
This book, illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson, includes more than 100 funny, short, clever, silly poems, accompanied by hilarious line art on each page. Jack Prelutsky was named America’s first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation.
