We’ve put together a roundup of titles to celebrate National Poetry Month, including new 2025 titles coming soon such as The Five Wolves, While We Wait, and Spark! Explore our poetry titles, and discover more about each book below by clicking the book jacket!
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“Books change the world. And so can you.”
—Katherine Applegate, Collaborative Summer Library Program 2025 Summer Reading Champion
Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medalist and #1 New York Times-bestselling author, is the Collaborative Summer Library Program 2025 Summer Reading Champion!
This Summer, parents and guardians of budding storytellers ages 8-12 are invited to enter the Katherine Applegate Color Our World Writing Contest. Entries are open from June 1 – July 31, 2025.
WRITING PROMPT
Your writing can change and color our world! Write a short story between 1,000 – 1,500 words about a character that takes an action that changes someone else’s day for the better. The action can be as small or grand as you’d like — even small acts can make a big difference!
Your story must have a catchy title, a protagonist that takes an action to make a change, and a beginning, middle, and end.
The contest will be judged by the Collaborative Summer Library Program, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and Katherine Applegate. We’re on the lookout for a story that
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The grand prize winner will receive a virtual writing workshop with Katherine Applegate, signed copies of Willodeen, Crenshaw, Odder, and wishtree, and will receive a $500 of books for readers ages 8-12 from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
Three runner-ups will receive a signed copies of Willodeen, Crenshaw, Odder, and wishtree.
ABBREVIATED RULES
No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. who are age 18 or older and of the legal age of majority. Entry period begins at 9:00 AM (ET) on 6/1/2025 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on 7/31/2025. Void where prohibited. For full Official Rules, visit the following link. Sponsored by Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
Entries will open June 1st at 12:00am ET.
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Introduce these series starters to budding readers in your classroom or library and spark an enduring love for reading. Featuring everything from uproarious adventures to sweet friendship stories and relatable characters, these series offer diverse gateways to captivate every kind of young reader.
Enter the sweepstakes to win free books for your classroom! One grand prize winner will receive a virtual visit from InvestiGators creator John Patrick Green.
Continue readingWishtree by Katherine Applegate is now in paperback! Celebrate the paperback release of the New York Times bestselling middle grade novel featuring Red and Bongo!
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If you can see it, you can be it…
Celebrate Hispanic and Latinx heroes all year round in your classroom or library! Sign up to receive the new Hispanic Star posters featuring Sylvia Rivera and Selena Gomez, just in time for Women’s History Month.
Please accept our sincere gratitude for entering the Stinetinglers Scary Story Writing Contest. We had over 300 entries, and it was good, hard work to read through them. Your kids delighted and scared us with their stories. We hope you’ll continue to encourage your young writers so they keep cultivating their imagination and creativity.
We have contacted our grand prize winner and runner-up but wanted to also thank every single young author who submitted a story. If their story met the writing prompt standards, we considered them in the running.
R. L. Stine ushers us into spooky season with Stinetinglers, his gruesome new middle-grade novel that is full of scary stories sure to make your head spin. This Halloween season, parents and guardians of budding horror enthusiasts ages 8-12 are invited to enter the Stinetinglers Scary Story Writing Contest. Entries are open to all who dare from October 1 – 31, 2022.
Can you scare R. L. Stine, the master of scary tales?
The contest will be judged by the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Stinetinglers team, including Stine’s editor, Kat Brzozowski (Senior Editor, Feiwel & Friends), Brittany Groves (Assistant Editor, Feiwel & Friends), Sage Kiernan-Sherrow (Editorial Intern, Feiwel & Friends), Elysse Villalobos (Marketing Coordinator, MacKids School & Library), Kristen Luby (Senior Marketing Manager, MacKids School & Library), Mary Van Akin (Director, MacKids School & Library Marketing), and R. L. Stine himself. We’re on the lookout for a story so bone-chilling that it’ll make us witch it was Halloween all year long.
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The grand prize winner will get to meet R.L. Stine in a virtual classroom visit and will receive a $500 Amex gift card, a signed copy of Stinetinglers, a class set of Stinetinglers for their school, and a Stinetinglers sticker, plus their short story will be published online or in print.
The runner-up will receive a signed copy of Stinetinglers, a classroom set of Stinetinglers for their school, and a Stinetinglers sticker.
Writing Prompt: R. L. Stine writes tales that terrify, and now we want to hear yours! Write a scary short story between 1,000 and 1,500 words. It must have a catchy title, a protagonist, a creepy setting, and a moment of suspense.
Learn more about STINETINGLERS here! →
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Cinder with the reigning “Queen of Fairy Tale Retellings,” New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer! Enter your school for a chance to win a visit with Marissa Meyer this Fall.
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Register your classroom or school library for a postcard writing campaign! Participating classrooms and school libraries will receive a class set of postcards that can be personalized to encourage local government officials or community leaders to take action and Keep Families Together. While supplies last.
Register your classroom or school library today! →
