Tag: middle grade
Famous for his mythological novels such as the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Rick Riordan has drawn a large fan base to his mythological retellings and stories. Publisher’s Weekly dubbed him …
For Hena Khan, author of It’s Ramadan, Curious George as well as new release Amina’s Voice, going to school meant that teachers and students mangled her name on a …
In a time when dystopian novel series saturate the market, new middle-grade read Jed and the Junkyard War takes readers to an alternate world that is somehow attached to ours. But unlike the Pevensie …
YouTube Channel: Booktopia TV From the Description: A rollicking fantasy-adventure by the master of children’s speculative fiction – Garth Nix. Talking dogs. Mischievous wizards. An evil stepstepfather. Loads and loads …
I really should say “meet one of” because if your kid likes to read, they have more than one favorite author (but that just gets a little too complicated …
Every bookworm remembers the first short stories and authors that became the stepping stones for their reading lists. However, a bilingual childhood allows a reader to open so many …
If you’re a librarian, a parent, or a vacuum of all literature, this list of 15 Children’s and Young Adult books to be released in the first few months …
On January 13, 2017, Netflix released season 1 of A Series of Unfortunate Events, and what better way to binge watch the show than to pair it with some of the …
‘Lo and behold! We have successfully made it to the fourth novel in The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian. A full year has passed since the Pevensie siblings – Peter, …
I was about ten years-old when I first received the entire The Chronicles of Narnia book series as a Christmas gift. Excitedly, I read through the first three books, and …
Stars and constellations sparked hundreds of myths and folklore in various cultures across the world. From the Greeks and Romans to the Native Americans, these stories were passed on …
For a book that is scarcely more than 200 pages long, The Magician’s Nephew (the first novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis) has it all–adventure, …
Where has this gem been all my years? I have been on a middle-grade reading kick lately and since it was October, I decided to have some fun with …
Diversity is a popular topic in children’s book publishing. When discussed, this most often refers to racial and cultural diversity. However, just as important is the need to highlight …
Whenever you go into a series that has widely been adored, fangirled (and fanboyed) over, has built up a very successful following, and one that holds a very near …
Despite his many requests to stop reading the books, Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) hooked us with his witty yet heartbreaking dialogues as well as consistent characters. The tragic …
Middle grade mysteries are a great way to inspire your young reader to fall in love with books. The whodunit adventures in these seven books make it nearly impossible …
Nearly everyone who grew up in the early 2000’s remembers Captain Underpants– the combination of prose, comics, and “flip-o-rama” made the series a hit with elementary and middle school …
Beverly Cleary is one of the top children’s authors of all time. Since their publications, Cleary’s timeless stories continue to reach children and inspire them to be themselves, as …
