From the Publisher

For those who not only love to read but love young ones who love to read,

Like most of you, it was in books that I discovered the world and began to discover myself. I would escape to the pond over sunny summer holidays and to the warmth of the cozy confines of the hayloft on cold winter days with a book. I traveled to Middle Earth. I explored Wonderland. And even made a temporary home on William Golding’s uninhabited tropical island setting of Lord of the Flies.

Then with my own children, we spent A Year Down Yonder in Richard Peck’s Depression era Midwestern United States. We visited 12th century Korea guided by Linda Sue Park in A Single Shard. And of course we attended Hogwarts for seven glorious terms.

Yet now we live in a time where books have become political. They are social tools, even weapons. A book should be something else. Despite the different age we live in now, a book still has the magical ability to transport a reader anywhere … and for me it can still sweep me back to an old, red barn in a meadow to that very same hayloft of my youth.

With Hayloft Books, my team and I want to encourage young readers to journey to the unknown. To explore. To ask questions. To become thinkers.

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