Consistently at the forefront of digital innovation, HarperCollins Children’s Books delights readers through engaging storytelling in all formats, including ebooks and apps. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality, awardwinning books for young readers, HarperCollins is home to many timeless treasures and bestsellers such as Charlotte’s Web, Goodnight Moon, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Where the Wild Things Are, The Graveyard Book and series including The Chronicles of Narnia, Ramona, Warriors, Pete the Cat, Fancy Nancy, Divergent, and The Selection. HarperCollins Children’s Books is one of the leading publishers of children’s and teen books. Capucilli now resides in a bookfilled home in HastingsonHudson, New York with her two children, Peter and Laura, her husband Bill, and of course the family dog, a lovable chocolate Labrador named Huckleberry, who she credits with being the inspiration for a lot of her work. She grew up in Brooklyn, where she fell in love with reading, stating that her weekly trip to the public library were much anticipated. “Knowing that for the past twenty years, Biscuit has been even a small part of that lifelong celebration is humbling.”Īlyssa Satin Capucilli is the author of the bestselling Biscuit books and many other beloved children’s books. “Although there is much we hope to celebrate in the life of a young child, it is a particularly magical celebration when a child learns to read independently,” Capucilli explained in a personal letter. It was this inspiration as well as Capucilli’s drawing upon her childhood bond with literary characters, love of poetry, rhythm and music that crafted the world of Biscuit. It was her daughter’s interaction while dog sitting a neighbor’s huge, rambunctious dog that ultimately lead her to write the first book. The idea for Capucilli’s children books came from personal experience, like so many great stories of the past. Many fans have taken this small yellow puppy and his world into their hearts and their imaginations. The series has since spawned picture books, board books, and novelty books, along with a new Level 1 I Can Read! book being released annually. The idea of Biscuit was brought to HarperCollins in 1994 by Capucilli’s agent as a picture book, with illustrations by Pat Schories, but was soon reworked so that it could start the creation of a new section of the I Can Read! program, called Level 1 I Can Read! The first Biscuit book was published in 1996, and since then the franchise has helped over 20 million emergent children learn to read, and has over fifty books in circulation, including, Biscuit Finds a Friend, Bathtime for Biscuit, and Biscuit Builds a Treehouse. With over 75 titles and over 21 million books in print in 5 different languages, Alyssa Satin Capucilli’s Biscuit series continues to mesmerize generations of readers. New York, NY (March 23, 2016)-HarperCollins Children’s Books celebrates an incredible milestone this year-the 20 th anniversary of the cherished book series Biscuit. Biscuit books are easy for me to read but that’s what makes reading fun.” “Dear Alyssa Satin Capucilli, I think you should write a Biscuit book called, Biscuit Learns How to Read. Many of her books have won awards, including Junior Library Guild Selection, Bank Street College of Education’s “”Best Children’s Books of the Year,”” CCBC Choices, select state awards, and starred reviews.HarperCollins Children’s Books Celebrates Her books are endlessly useful for encouraging careful observation, language development, sequencing, plot development, and ultimately, a love of books and reading. She makes sure her illustrations mirror the text, which is vital for children learning to read. Her early readers include simple text with lots of repetition. Pat is also the illustrator of the highly acclaimed BISCUIT series of “”I Can Read”” books written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and published by HarperCollins She has also created several wordless books about a dog named JACK. Her most recent books include Squeak the Mouse Likes His House, Pie for Chuck, and Pants for Chuck, all “”I Like to Read”” books published by Holiday House. Pat Schories is the author-illustrator of many early readers for children.
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