Have you eaten? ¿Ya Comiste? is Penguin Random House’s new YouTube series celebrating Latine stories through food, family, and community. Check out this episode featuring an interview with Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street.   Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA

2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention Join Penguin Random House Education at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Denver, CO (November 19th – November 23rd). Visit us in Booth #1005 to browse books by grade level and subject area, pick up free teacher resources and more. Don’t miss

Join Penguin Random House Education at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Boston, MA (November 21st – November 24th). Visit us in Booth #1003 to browse books by grade level and subject area, pick up free teacher resources, and learn more about our classroom collections. Don’t miss our line-up of Convention speakers!

Reimagine The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with three new retellings offering an updated way to teach this classic book through new perspectives. Read together, these books are powerful complements that can facilitate conversations in the classroom about race, agency, and resiliency. Learn more about each title below.   James When the enslaved Jim overhears that

Here are some popular and recent titles in English Language Arts from our extensive selection of books for the classroom that are available through the subject lists on our website.   American Literature British and Commonwealth Literature Writing & Composition Comparative and World Literature Communication   Poetry

When students read classic and contemporary texts together, they use high-level thinking to determine similarities and differences in style, structure, and essential truths. Paired texts provide relevance and open entry points to new ideas and cultures. This guide pairs the following books: This Is My America and To Kill a Mockingbird Lessons in Chemistry and

We are pleased to share a new resource for Pulitzer Prize–winning sociologist Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America, out in paperback on March 26, 2024. Click here to access and download an extensive PowerPoint presentation, created to aid and enhance the teaching of the book and easily adaptable to meet educators’ classroom needs. In this landmark

Here are some popular and recent English Language Arts titles from our extensive selection of books for the classroom that are available through the subject lists on our website.   Nonfiction   Fiction Poetry   Literary Criticism   Drama

Check out these new and essential books for the English Language Arts classroom. Click through each title to see a description, read an excerpt, and download educator resources.

Contributed by Malaina Kapoor, co-author of Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education. A searing, deeply personal memoir of a tenacious Afghan girl who educated herself behind closed doors and fought her way to a new life, the book has received advance praise from Bill Gates, Sal Khan, and

Poetic voice, according to former U.S. Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, is an “artistic choice,” and in her 2019 TED-Ed Talk, she compelled students to “speak up.” The immense popularity of poetry slams, open mic nights, and other spoken word poetry events attests to the power of poetry to provide a platform for social commentary,

Are you teaching English Language Arts? Here are some popular and recent titles from our extensive selection of books for the classroom that are available through the subject lists on our website, which cover American Literature, British and Commonwealth Literature, Comparative & World Literature, Communication, Writing & Composition, and ESL/ELL.   American Literature British and