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Explorer Academy Blog Tour: An Interview with Sailor YorkThe new Explorer Academy series stars Sailor York in Vela Book The Sailor Cipher, releasing on April 23, 2024. Sailor and her classmates in...
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9 Books for Kids Who Love City SpiesYou know a book is great when it's HARD to find readalikes for it! I've been working on this post for months, scouting for stories with the same...
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20 Excellent Dictionaries for Kids of All AgesIn an age where information is quickly and readily available, why do we still need print dictionaries? When we can access knowledge instantly,...
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Review | The Liars SocietyWeatherby is a new kid at the Boston School on a sailing scholarship and is immediately thrust into a world she knows nothing about. Old school...
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25 Delightful Feel-Good Middle-Grade BooksI've compiled some of the very best feel-good middle grade books -- stories I can guarantee will leave you with a smile on your face and a desire...
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7th Grade Book Club BooksIf you're an educator or librarian who runs a book club for 7th graders, I have some wonderful book club suggestions for you! Some of these have...
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Review | Lost Kites And Other Treasures12-year-old Franny Petroski loves art, not just drawing and painting but finding stuff and making something out of what others may call trash -- a...
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Verse Novels I Recommend for 6th GradersWith so many verse novels for middle graders, you might be stuck choosing a grade-appropriate title. Many of these verse novels also feature in...
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Wordless Picture Books Worth “Reading”Sharing wordless picture books with your child is a fantastic way to develop essential literacy skills, such as vocabulary, comprehension, and an...
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Review | Between Two BrothersBrothers Seth and Isaiah (aka Ice Pick) love each other and live on a farm. Ice loves photography and animals and wants to be a vet. His brother...
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Graphic Novels for 5th GradersWho doesn't love graphic novels? I know 5th graders love them. I have so many graphic novel lists, but these grade-specific lists make for an easy...
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20+ Middle-Grade Books About Autism and Other NeurodiversityI'm so glad to see more and more people understand neurodivergence, and with the increased publication of middle grade books starring...
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Review | Maybe It’s A SignFreya's doting father was really into Chinese superstitions until he died suddenly several months ago. Now a 7th grader, Freya lives by the same...
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April 2024 New Middle Grade BooksWelcome to a brand new month! April is FULL of new middle grade book releases I LOVED, and I predict that a couple of April releases might make it...
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Review | My Life As a PotatoAfter a series of unfortunate incidents with potatoes, Ben Hardy is sure he's cursed. So you can imagine his terror when his family moves to Idaho...
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Short Stories for Middle SchoolersWhen I first started seeing short story collections for middle schoolers, I was skeptical: Would tweens appreciate reading short stories? Would...
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30 Best Middle-Grade Novels in VerseAnyone can enjoy middle-grade novels in verse but I definitely think poetry lovers would gravitate more to this narrative form. They also work...
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Realistic Graphic Novels for Middle SchoolersMany teachers tell me that one of the most popular shelves in their school libraries is the graphics section -- especially the realistic fiction...
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Review | Shark TeethSharkita's (aka Kita) alcoholic mom is on her last chance to maintain custody of her kids, Kita, Lamar, and Lily. Kita is anxious about whether...
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25 Best Middle-Grade Books About Body Image and Body PositivityI love that there have been more middle-grade books about body image and body positivity out in recent times. Body image issues are real, and...
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Picture Books About SpringSpring is finally here! While for some people, the season can be fraught with allergies, for many others, spring heralds a new season of growth,...
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Booki Vivat on Writing Graphic-Prose “Hybrid” Novels for KidsAuthor and illustrator Booki Vivat creates graphic-prose hybrid novels (much like the Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries books). Her debut novel and first...
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The Best Middle Grade Nonfiction BooksThe best middle grade non-fiction is just as absorbing as middle grade fiction. My favorite brand of middle grade non-fiction is memoirs,...
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Review | The Meaning of MaggieMaggie is a precocious 11-year-old who loves school and wants to be a US president when she grows up. Maggie knows that her dad’s legs don’t work...
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The Best Biography Books for Middle SchoolAhh, middle school. Those awkward early teen years, brimming with angst and euphoria, are all about kids on the cusp of adolescence, trying to...
