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”…
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.
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,…
Mitali Perkins • April 9, 2021 Dear fellow lovers of story, I wish I had treated my vocation of writing fiction with as much care as I do now. Maybe…
Alex Gino • 16 March 2021 Hey young Book-A-Day readers, I’ve got a question for you: How many times has an adult told you that you don’t know everything? I…
Chloe Gong • 12 January 2021 Dear Readers, You know when you’re really invested in a book or a TV show—when you can’t wait to find out what happens next—…
Christine Kendall • 8 January 2021 Hi Friends, If you could write and illustrate a book about yourself what would the book cover look like? A young reader posed that…
Sandy Campbell • 9 October 2020• Dear Friends, I love making new friends. Some of my friends come from the books I’ve read. Others, are people I have met in…
Nikki Giovanni • 8 September 2020 • A Library After breakfast on MondayGrandmother washesthe sheets and pillowcasesI wash the dishesI help her hangthe sheets outsideand watch the wind gentlyblow themGrandmother…