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We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Kristen Kittscher! Kristen writes about all the strange and exciting magic around us every day!
Subscribe by September 29 to receive her letter. And, don’t miss our special fall promotion! Purchase a one-year subscription to Letters for Kids by September 30 and you’ll receive a hardcover copy of Coyote Moon signed by author Maria Gianferrari!
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from William Alexander! William sends us a confession of something he did in the third grade involving a librarian he still hasn’t forgotten. Subscribe by September 14 and learn what William’s confessing to…
And, don’t miss our fall promotion!
...moreMaria Gianferrari returns for our next Letter for Kids, and she wants to know what creatures are your wild neighbors? She’ll tell you about the late night encounter that inspired her to learn more about her wild neighbor the coyote and to write the book Coyote Moon!
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Cylin Busby! Cylin writes to us about her childhood farm and all her barn cats—wow, did she have a lot of cats! And they were the best mousers in the world! Subscribe by August 11 and find out just how many cats Cylin had.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Jen Maschari! Jen writes (and draws) about woods! And forts! And creeks, and critters, and popsicles! Subscribe by July 27 to find out all about her childhood neighborhood and tell her all about yours.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Melanie Conklin! Melanie writes about how she had a hard time as a kid figuring out how to make friends and wants to ask you, “Do we all really want to be the same?” This is a wonderful letter about just being yourself!
...moreChicago libraries have an ambitious plan to give away more than a million children’s books this summer in an effort to combat intellectual regression that occurs in summer months when children aren’t in school. Every branch of the Chicago library is giving away books to children who sign up for the program.
...moreWe’re sending our 6/15 Letter for Kids from Paul Durham! Paul, children’s author and teller of fibs, writes all his books in an abandoned chicken coop. And in his letter, he takes us on a photo tour of his coop!
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Stephanie Faris! Stephanie writes about her childhood pen pal and how much she misses having a pen pal. Will you be her pen pal?
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...moreOur next Letter for Kids has a full-color map of the childhood neighborhood of Kenneth Oppel! To find out what’s at each secret, fun and awesome part of this map (check it out after the jump), make sure to subscribe by May 14!
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Ellen Wittlinger! Ellen writes about the summer she left the Midwest and become a California girl! She tells us all about the great summer she spent with her Uncle Walt and everything she learned from him.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Louise Galveston! Louise writes about all the things she wanted to be when she was growing up—it involves lots of animals! She includes lots of drawings of animals, too!
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...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Rebecca Behrens! Rebecca writes to us all about manatees! She also includes photographs and drawings of manatees! She loves them and after reading her letter, you’ll love them too.
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...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Tracy Holczer! Tracy writes a letter that is only allowed to be read by hooligans! That’s because she shares with you her first hooligan story from when she was thirteen. It involves lots of girls, lots of noise, a dark street, screaming, and police laughter.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Dan Gutman! Dan writes us a very funny letter bursting with color and photos! He tells us all about where he lives, where he writes, what he likes to do for fun, and some other really neat stuff—including the one word guaranteed to make every kid laugh!
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Lois Sepahban! Lois writes about all the animals that have shared her life with her, including a very special dog named Strider, an Australian Shepherd that walked her to the bus stop each morning and met her there every day when she came home from school.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Matthew Baker! Matthew shares three amazing, true stories about music, math, and buried treasure. He even shares a poem that is a big hint on where the buried treasure is hidden too!
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Nancy Loewen! Last year, Nancy wrote to us about (and sent lots of colorful pictures of!) the beautiful things, odd things, and funny things she saw while walking her beloved dog Dorie.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from National Book Award-winner Pete Hautman! Pete writes an awesomely illustrated and very funny letter about one of his favorite activites—hunting wild mushrooms in the forests of Minnesota!
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...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Madelyn Rosenberg! Madelyn writes to us about all the things she wanted to be before becoming a writer, including a rock star!
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We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Lou Anders! Lou writes to us about his love of maps of imaginary places and how they make those places real. He’s included lots of color photos of maps!
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...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Jenny Lundquist! Jenny writes to us about her childhood when she was painfully shy and about one particular incident when she was bullied and how as an adult she used that experience to write a book to help others.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Shawn K. Stout! Shawn writes to us about how a diary can be a best friend. Then, she tells us something very exciting about ravens!
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...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Nancy Cavanaugh! Nancy takes us on a field trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia—and includes color photos of the swamp so you’ll feel like you’ve actually been there!
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...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Kristin Tubb! Kristin writes about her love of comets, planets, and stars. She also explains the 12- and 13-sign horoscopes.
Don’t miss out on this awesome letter—subscribe today! For more information on Letters for Kids, click here.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from A. B. Westrick, author of Brotherhood! Anne writes to us about one of her special kitties, Pokey, who lived to be twenty years old. Plus, she teaches us how to draw a picture of a cat!
...moreWe’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a copy of Operation Pucker Up, signed by the author Rachele Alpine! (Rachele also writes our next letter.) To enter, leave a comment on this post by September 7th telling us the best thing about this time of year.
...moreWe’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Rachele Alpine, author of Operation Pucker Up! Rachele writes us a very colorfully illustrated letter about “accidental mischief”. She gives lots of funny examples of her own accidental mischief and can’t wait for you to write to her about yours!
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