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Review | Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking FunTen-year-old Zara has been crowned Queen of the Neighborhood by a loving neighbor. Zara makes fair rules for all the games she and her brother...
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Middle Grade Books with Incarcerated ParentsSince I started reading middle grade books five years ago, I've been seeing more and more middle grade books with incarcerated parents, and I'm...
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25 Best Jewish Middle-Grade Booksthese books aren't just middle-grade books by Jewish authors, but middle-grade books by Jewish authors about Jewish kids. I've tried to stick to...
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15+ Books I Plan to Read This SummerSummer reading season is the best time of my reading year. The slower paced summer season encourages me to savor books. It's also when I read the...
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2023 Summer Reading Guide for Middle SchoolWelcome to the 2023 RMG middle school Summer Reading Guide! It's finally here! As with our past guides, this guide features 25 books perfect for...
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Great Books for Teen BoysI've received several messages from parents of teens asking for books for teen boys. Although I already have a list of books for teens, I...
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Review | The Braid GirlsMaggie’s summer is off to a rocky start when her parents announce that she has a half-sister—a daughter her father never knew about until now....
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The Best Graphic Memoirs for KidsI'm not the biggest non-fiction reader, but I will always say yes to a good graphic memoir. Honestly, I'll read pretty much anything formatted as...
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Review | A Sky Full of SongIt’s the year 1905, and Shoshana, her mother, and sisters have fled their home in Ukraine and moved to reunite with her father and older brother...
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15 Best Bookmarks for BooksBookmarks are important accessories in any reading session. They help you keep track of your reading, keep your books in good condition, and...
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A Guide to Getting the Kindle for KidsOne of the Kindle-related questions I get asked most frequently is about getting a Kindle for kids. Readers often want to know whether it’s worth...
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The Best Books for KindergartenIt's so important to find great books for kindergarteners. Pre-schoolers and kindergarteners are still very open to exploring new interests, and...
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Review | GroundedWhen their flights are grounded at a busy airport, the lives of four kids (Feek, Sami, Hanna, and Nora) collide. Hanna is occupied with finding a...
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The Best Kids BookshelvesIf you are a family of avid readers, your bookshelves probably won't fit all your kids' books too. This means you need a separate set of...
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Books for 9 Year OldsNine year olds are firmly in chapter book reading territory and typically favor shorter, sparsely illustrated options. For this reason, the best...
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Graphic Novel Review | Faint at HeartFaint at Heart is set in a dystopian world where no one but high schooler June has a heart. When a scientist (known simply as The Scientist)...
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The Best Kids Magazines to Subscribe toI loved magazines so much as a kid and back then, I could barely find kids magazines to subscribe to. Kids today have a wider pool of magazine...
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Review | Select by Christie MathesonAlex loves soccer and playing for her city's Rec League. Her coach is nice and she has many good friends on the team. But during one of the games,...
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20+ Books for 7 Year OldsThe best books for 7 year olds (besides picture books) are easy-to-read chapter books with minimal text and plenty of illustrations. Many kids at...
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The Best Fairy Tales for KidsFairy tales were my introduction to reading. Stories like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel are beloved parts of my childhood memories....
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Review | The Love MatchZahra Khan is a new high school graduate who’s saving up for college—which she’s had to defer because her mom can’t afford to send her just yet....
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80+ Asian YA novels to Read ASAPI'm a massive fan of Asian YA books -- stories by authors of Asian descent. When I first made this list years ago, I had to Google to confirm the...
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Books Like Raina Telgemeier’s Graphic NovelsRecommending readalikes can be a tricky process, but as I said in the first post in this series, I enjoy the process of finding similar threads...
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Review | The First Magnificent SummerIt's the 90s, and Tori (Victoria) Reeves is planning the first magnificent summer with her father since he left their family over two years ago....
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Good Books for Teen GirlsWith the number of YA releases, you'd think it shouldn't be too hard to find good books for teen girls. But many YA books these days seem to be...
