Ada, Alma Flor.  Dear Peter Rabbit
        Characters from classic tales exchange letters.

Ahlberg, Janet. The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
        A postman delivers different varieties of mail to fairytale
        characters and folks from the world of Mother Goose.

Caseley, Judith. Dear Annie
        Grandfather writes to and exchanges with letters Annie.

Henkes, Kevin.  Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse.
        A beloved teacher leaves Lilly an important note.

James, Simon.  Dear Mr. Blueberry.
        Emily and her teacher exchange letters about a whale.

Lomonaco, Palmyra.  Night Letters.
        Lily records observations about the plants and insects in her
        backyard.

Nixon, Joan Lowry. If Your Were A Writer.
        Melia wants to be a writer like her mother.

Schotter, Roni. Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street.
        Eva is assigned to write about her home and finds unexpected
        material.

Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Giesel). My Book About Me.
        A series of prompts the reader fills in with personal information.

Spurr, Elizabeth.  The Long, Long Letter.
        Aunt Hetta receives a long letter from her sister--so long it
        takes 1000 stamps to mail.

Stewart, Sarah.  The Gardener.
        Lydia recounts her visit to the city in a series of letters home.

Williams, Vera. Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea.
        Driving from Kansas to California, Stringbean records the sights
        on postcards.
 

CHAPTER BOOKS FEATURING WRITERS (Ages 8-12)

Clearly, Beverly.  Muggie Maggie.
        Maggie's third grade class is learning cursive, but Maggie is not
        interested.

Cushman, Karen.  Catherine, Called Birdy.
        Set in the medieval period, Catherine's journal details many
        amusing insights and predicaments.

Danziger, Paula and Ann Martin.  P.S. Longer Letter Later.

-----.  Snail Mail No More.
        This pair of books follows the friendship of two middle school
        aged girls.  The first book uses letters, the second email
        correspondence.

Dear America Series.
        A series of fictionalized diaries written by various authors
        reimagines aspects of American History through the eyes of
        young female protagonists.  Uneven in quality, each volume
        needs to be considered independently.

Degross, Monalisa. Donavan's Word Jar
        Third grader Donovan doesn't collect bugs or baseball cards, he
        specializes in words!

Duffey Betsy.  Utterly Yours, Booker Jones.
        Family problems frustrate 12-year-old Booker's aspirations to
        become a writer.

Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.
        Billie Jo tells her story of life during the Depression on an
        Oklahoma farm through poetry.

Hyatt, Paticia Rusch.  Coast to Coast With Alice.
        In an imagined diary, the protagonist accompanies Alice Ramsey as
        she drives from coast to coast to become the first woman driver to
        complete such a journey.

Moss Marissa. Amelia's Notebook. (and various sequels)
        Amelia writes and draws her feelings about school and friends in
        her black and white notebook.

Myers, Walter Dean. Darnell Rock Reporting.
        At 13, Darnell is not very interested in writing for the school
        paper until one of his stories gets picked up by the local
        newspaper.

Scott, C. Anne.  Lizard Meets Ivana the Terrible.
        Through buddy journals third grader Lizzie makes friends with
        Ivana the terrible.

Sebestyen, Ouida.
        A frightening story of a young girl's apparent kidnapping told
        through her journal-like reflections as she waits for help.

Wilson, J. Double Act.
        A double journal told in the voices of 10-year-old twins, Ruby and
        Garnet.

Wolff. V.E.  Bat 6.
        Told in the voices of more than a dozen different 6th grade girls,
        this story recounts a violent confrontation between a Japanese American
        softball player and an opponent whose father died at Pearl Harbor.