Thembi Palmer • May 23, 2023 Visit Thembi’s website and follow her on Instagram @im.storyadventures Things You Should Know You should know not to look to others… To feel good…
Category: Archive: Letters and Voices
The Archive of Voices and Letters brings the voices of creators to children wherever they are. In the Archive, you can find uplifting letters written by authors and illustrators directly to children, accompanied by voice recordings of the creators personally reading their messages out loud. We encourage everyone to take a moment to look through the Archive – we promise that people of all ages will be inspired.
Sam Onche • March 6, 2023 Dear Black Boy Dear Black boy, Black and beautiful.Radiant as the sun, Close your eyes and see. Look deep down insideDeep within the mirror of your…
Kelly Starling Lyons • February 10, 2023 Dear Friends, I love to read. That passion started when I was a kid like you. I couldn’t wait to go to Carnegie…
Balázs Zágoni • November 31, 2022 English School is a great place. You can learn a lot, grow up, and do many things that you only dream of right now….
Ken Steif To both of my boys Make more ‘family’ decisions than ‘me’ decisions. Always ask yourself… ‘How am I doing today?’ ‘What did I do today to make the…
Courtney Dunlap • May 3, 2022 Visit Courtney’s website and follow her on Instagram @storiesforuspress. Whoever You May Be, If you could write your life’s story, what would we read?…
Laura Gao • March 19, 2021 This letter was written a year ago when Laura finished penning the last page of “Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American”…
Mo Willems • January 26, 2022 Hello Readers, It’s Mo Willems. How are you? You know, being a reader is like having a superpower. You can travel through time and hear…
Jenny Delacruz • November 24, 2021 Hi Readers, When I was five years old, my family moved from our apartment in Brooklyn, NY, to our first home in Queens. I…
David Wiesner • June 8, 2021 Most of the books I have written have no words. That must sound strange, a book with no words. Are the pages blank? No,…