Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day! I wanted to let you all know about my Kickstarter project that I am launching in two weeks. Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes by Mia Wenjen Everyone deserves to see themselves in the pages of a book. Now, Mia Wenjen brings the accomplishments…
Category: Reading Lists: Middle Grade
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.
Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad Blog Tour
Welcome to the Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad Blog Tour! To celebrate the release of Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad: Absolute Hero by Valerie Tripp (author of the American Girl book series) on September 8th, blogs across the web are featuring exclusive, original content from Valerie, plus 5 chances to win a SIGNED copy of Izzy Newton! The characters’ personalities reflect…
25 Foster Care Themed Books for Tweens
Did you know that foster care is on the rise? “The number of cases of children entering the foster care system due to parental drug use has more than doubled since 2000, according to research published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.” It can be traced to the opioid endemic which is largely due to Purdue Pharma based…
10 Middle Grade Books about Immigrant Families
Read these middle grade books about immigrant families! These chapter books about immigration shed light on life for many of our kids. I met Laura Shovan through social media and I got to know her when she included me in creating an NCTE proposal for a sports-related panel. I had read her first book, a…
13 Best Books for Kids about Ancient Egypt
I’ve always had a fascination with Ancient Egypt. It makes me happy that my kids get an introduction to ancient cultures at school. Isn’t it amazing how these books make history from so long ago feel like we are part of it? And there are still secrets to be discovered from these stories of Pharaohs…
My 9th Grade Son Recommends 19 Books
It’s not easy getting my teenage son to read for pleasure these days! Once my kids hit high school, I give up on coercing them to read on their own since they have a lot of reading assigned to them. My son is a high school freshman now and these are the books that he…
15 Children’s Books featuring Volleyball!
My kids were introduced to volleyball in San Antonio, Texas when we went to visit a close friend of my husband’s from their college golf days. He also has three children, and his oldest had started playing volleyball in first grade. She patiently taught my two daughters how to bump and set the ball in…