New Readers Report Theme: “Summer Fever”
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for our next Readers Report! This time, we want you to tackle the theme “Summer Fever.” Please send…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Lyz Lenz
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rumpus Assistant Books Editor and blogger Lyz Lenz! Lyz writes a very funny letter to us…
Next Letter for Kids: Maria Gianferrari
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Maria Gianferrari! A self-proclaimed bird-nerd, Maria writes to us about all the wildlife she sees around her home in Leesburg, Virginia and while traveling cross-country…
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win an awesome hardcover edition of the picture book Odd Duck, Signed by the illustrator (and writer of our next Letter for Kids) Sara Varon! Odd…
The Yellow Dress Are Coming to a Town Near You (Maybe)!
Our very own Dan Weiss (of Morning Coffee fame) will be taking the rest of June and all of July off from his duties here to go on tour across…
Next Letter in the Mail: Rebecca Makkai
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rebecca Makkai! Rebecca writes a handwritten letter from her home airport O’Hare, sharing with us its secrets. She also…
Next Letter for Kids: Sara Varon
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Sara Varon! Sara writes and illustrates some of the things she sees in her new neighborhood. It’s really cool and fun letter!…
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win an awesome hardcover edition of the first book in the action-packed RuneWarriors trilogy, signed by author Jim Jennewein! For a chance to win, leave…
Next Letter in the Mail: Sarah Gerard
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from author Sarah Gerard! Sarah writes to us about her lifelong, childhood friendships and her only…
Next Letter for Kids: Jim Jennewein
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Jim Jennewein! Jim tells us how he came to love reading as a kid, in a handwritten letter that includes doodles and…
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a beautiful hardcover edition of Breaking the Ice, signed by the author Gail Nall. (Gail also wrote our next Letter for Kids.) For…
Next Letter in the Mail: Ben Dolnick
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Ben Dolnick! Ben writes a very funny letter about the “strangeness of traveling alone” while his plane is delayed…