Most Popular Books by Katherine Paterson

Explores some of the images which biblical writers use to teach about God; images include light, rock, and wind as well as a gardener, father, and architect.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson’s two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine’s own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Moving is not easy. Rosie is the meanest cow in the world -- and Marvin''s best friend. When his family moves to a new farm, Marvin is sad and lonely . . . until he finds Rosie again. But now she''s making a lot of trouble for everyone. Will she and Marvin ever adjust to the changes of a new life in a new place?

Park runs into some completely unexpected things when he visits the farm his father grew up on while trying to learn about this man who died in Vietnam.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson’s two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine’s own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

The classic story about the young boy Tom Sawyer and his adventures along the banks of the Mississippi.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson’s two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine’s own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson’s two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine’s own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson’s two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine’s own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

In Brother Sun, Sister Moon, award-winning author Katherine Paterson re-imagines a hymn of praise originally written by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1224. Illuminated with the exquisite illustrations of cut-paper artist Pamela Dalton, this picture book offers a stunningly beautiful tribute to nature.

This Newbery Honor novel from bestselling author Katherine Paterson is soon to be a motion picture starring Kathy Bates, Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, and Sophie Nelisse. Discover Gilly Hopkins in this new movie tie-in edition Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she''s disliked them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that''s the way she likes it. So when she''s sent to live with the Trotters by far the strangest family yet she knows it''s only a temporary problem. Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work and get out of there fast. She''s determined to no longer be a foster kid. Before long she''s devised an elaborate scheme to get her real mother to come rescue her. But unfortunately, the plan doesn''t work out quite as she hoped it would "

Angelżs daddy is in jail and her mother abandons Angel and her little brother at their great-grandmotherżs farmhouse. Beginning a new life is harder than she imagined, but a mysterious stranger leaves her with hope and teaches her all about the stars, planets and constellations. Includes an author profile.

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.