Book of the Week
Give Thanks for Books
Happy Thanksgiving-week, everyone! In honor of the upcoming holiday, we want to share with you the books for which we’re most thankful. Molly’s book is The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. Here’s why: “As adults, the holiday season can be filled with stress, travel, planning, and too much time spent feeling crazed in shopping [...]
Introducing: New Voices!
Right now, we’re gearing up to start our New Voices program, and we wanted to give you a little preview. New Voices will feature eight fantastic novels by debut authors that we think you’re going to love. We’ll be introducing these great new talents here on the pageturn, starting in December and continuing throughout the winter, so be [...]
HAIL THE CONQUERING NCTE HERO
Look who we have here, why, it’s Veronica Roth, author of mega-loved dystopian YA novel DIVERGENT. And what’s that she’s holding? Why it’s an award from the National Council of Teachers of English for “outstanding performance in writing,” awarded to her in 2005 while she was still a wee high school student. And now it’s all come [...]
NCTE/ALAN 2011 CONFERENCE
In just a few days, we’re packing up and heading to the city of big shoulders, Chicago, Illinois, for NCTE/ALAN 2011– the 100th Annual Convention! Our lineup of authors signing in the HarperCollins Children’s Booth (#513) is pretty knock-your-socks-off, so come by and meet them: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 12:30-1:00PM Stephanie [...]
THURSDAY TRAILERS
It’s almost Friday, yahoo! That means we’re feeling a little tired, and we want to be entertained. By our books. Without reading. Which is where some really fantastic book trailers for a few terrific upcoming books come in. First up, we’re trying to think positively about heading into chilly, icy winter, and this sweet story [...]
DARK EDEN: BOOK AND APP
WE ARE SEVEN STRANGERS NO ONE CAN FIND US SIX THINK THE CURE WILL WORK ONLY I KNOW THE TRUTH THIS PLACE WILL DESTROY US When Will Besting approaches Fort Eden for the first time, he knows something isn’t right. With more terrifying secrets at every turn he discovers a hidden fear deep inside himself, [...]
HAPPY HARPER HALLOWEEN!
We bookmaking folk take our Halloweening pretty seriously. How many HarperCollins Children’s characters can you spot in the photos above (taken in our photo studio/elevator bank)?
