Last week, the 826NYC community gathered to celebrate the launch of our newest chapbook, What Am I Turning Into? Monsters, Mayhem, and Metamorphosis! This chapbook is a collection of stories by students in 826NYC’s Write After School and Write Away Workshops programs in the summer and fall of 2025. Young writers from ages 6-14 discovered spooky and spectacular monsters, created complex and compelling characters, and brought us on extraordinary journeys through space and time. In What Am I Turning Into? Monsters, Mayhem, and Metamorphosis, New York City’s most creative and curious young authors enchant, enlighten, and inspire us all.

Special thanks to Camp Friendship for hosting us, to all our volunteers who helped in the classroom and at this release party, and to our teaching artists and programs staff J’miah Baird, Amanda Dettmann, Amani Nephew, and Summer Medina, for encouraging our students to create the best work possible for this publication!

You can purchase a copy of What Am I Turning Into? Monsters, Mayhem, and Metamorphosis at The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.