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    Next Letter in the Mail: Kelly Ramsey

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail! Kelly Ramsey writes to us about a beautiful Texas day and her neighbor, Thornton Wilder, but mostly about the sudden silence of her letter-writing friend. Subscribe to Letters in the Mail…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Dianne K. Salerni

    We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Dianne K. Salerni! Dianne asks us if we believe finders are keepers and losers are weepers. How honest should we be when no one is looking? It’s a thought-provoking letter not to be…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Lisa Brown

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from illustrator, writer, and cartoonist Lisa Brown. If that name sounds familiar, it’s ’cause we just announced we’d be sending our next Letter for Kids from Lisa,…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Lisa Brown

    We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from illustrator, writer, and cartoonist Lisa Brown. Lisa writes all about the activities of her day—and she wants to know about yours, too! This letter is fabulously illustrated. For more information on Letters…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Padma Viswanathan

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from writer Padma Viswanathan! In her letter, Padma writes about her aim as a writer and why writers write, empathy and compassion, and whether literature has…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Melanie Crowder

    We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Melanie Crowder, author of Parched. Melanie write about her “dogter” and her move to Colorado, where she meets the friendliest horse in the world. And she needs our help to give the friendliest horse…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Darin Strauss

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from author Darin Strauss! Darin writes to us about the good, the bad, and the ugly during his summer exile to a surprising location. Whether he’ll…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Bianca Turetsky

    We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Bianca Turetsky, author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista. Bianca writes to us about SLAM books, a really fun game you can play with your friends at school, or anywhere! For more information on Letters for Kids, click…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: David Roderick

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from poet David Roderick! In this 10-page missive, Dave gets back in touch with his handwriting skills while enjoying a new bookstore in his town. He…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Jen Malone

    We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Jen Malone! Jen takes us off the beaten path to show us around her hometown of Boston, including sites like Witch City and MIT. This letter includes an extra surprise from the…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Rob Roberge

    We’re getting ready to send out the next Letter in the Mail! Rob Roberge pens an 8-pager about his father, and the guilt he feels regarding a particular scene in his upcoming memoir. He writes about that familiar dilemma that faces those of…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Julia Mary Gibson

    We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Julia Mary Gibson! Julia is the author of the newly released Copper Magic, and writes in her letter about living in a big city with wild animals. Once, she even came face to face with…