Middle grade chapter books for kids ages 9 through 14 and including 3rd grade books, 4th grade books, 5th grade books, 6th grade books, and 7th grade books.
I’m partnering with Sheryl and Carrie Berk to giveaway their newest book and swag in partnership with Little Bee Books! Their newest series, Ask Emma, is about an advice blog for her middle grade that spirals out of control. We are giving away a copy of Ask Emma and a prize pack to one winner….
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. A Newbery Book Should Have Broad Age Appeal There’s nothing worse, in my mind, with a…
Please welcome author Mark Maciejewski with a book list on how to get boys reading, even reluctant ones. His answer? Humor! It works! He wrote a hilarious book about a bald, middle school outcast and we are giving away three signed copies! I Am Farticus by Mark Jaciejewski Chub is a short, accidentally bald, middle…
Disney-Hyperion sent me a copy to check out, and is partnering with me for a giveaway! I’m giving away a prize pack in celebration of Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend. This book reminds me of The Hunger Games meets The Unwanteds.
Please welcome my guest author today, Jarrett Lerner. I met him at the six middle grade event in Boston! He’s the author of EngiNerds and we are doing a 3 book giveaway! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. EngiNerds by Jarrett Lerner The battle between boys and bots is on in…
It was fun to meet six KidLit authors and learn more about their newest books at Trident Booksellers and Café on Newbery Street in Back Bay, Boston. Despite having an office in Back Bay, I had never been to this book store before! It’s great with two good sized cafés. The KidLit middle grade panel had…
Disney-Hyperion sent me a copy to check out, and is partnering with me for a giveaway! I’m giving away a prize pack in celebration of Shelley Johannes’ debut chapter book, Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker, in collaboration with Disney Hyperion. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. It’s in stores now! Beatrice Zinker, Upside…
I’ve been “book tasting” or sampling two dozen or so middle grade chapter books to find books for my 12 year old son. I’m also reading for myself, trying to discover that possible Newbery gem in these piles. From this list, I’m narrowing down my reading pile to: Lemons by Melissa Savage (getting buzz) A…
I have a stack of middle grade chapter books to review so I thought I would do a book tasting to screen them. It’s basically a perusal — check out the cover, the back cover, the flap summary for first impressions — then read the first few chapters, skip around the middle reading here and…
