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 thrilled to share that the Explorer Academy series adds a new book series starring Sailor York in Vela Book The Sailor Cipher releasing on April 23, 2024. Sailor York and her classmates in Explorer Academy uncover an elusive animal-smuggling ring. The team faces puzzling obstacles and follows complex clues aboard the new ship, Vela. Explore Academy…
Inside: Homelessness can be a difficult topic to talk about with your kids. Read these children’s books about homelessness to open discussion. In creating this list, I noticed that most of these children’s books about homelessness have parents who work part-time jobs, often more than one. Despite shelter uncertainty, they are going about their lives,…
If you are looking for a book for Women’s History Month AND Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, my book works perfectly for that. It also fits for National Women and Girls in Sports Day! Here is a compilation of some of the women featured. Each post includes a video. Changing the Game: Naomi Osaka…
I am so excited to reveal the cover for my first picture book with Red Comet Press, We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court! Illustrator Victor Bizar Gómez brings Simon Tam’s story to life in his nearly eight year battle to get the right…
Please welcome my guest author, Barbara Dee. She may have never experienced serious writer’s block, as this is her fourteenth middle grade novel! Her newest book is about writer’s block, and she offers a list to help with that, Books for Aspiring Writers. Unstuck by Barbara Dee Barbara Dee channels middle school in this…
I’m excited to be judging first-round Cybils this year in the categories of Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books. There were over 50 entrants for Early Chapter Books this year, and we just finished picking the shortlist. Now, round 2 judges will take over to pick the final winners — 1 in each category! There…
Mitali Perkins returns to Newtonville Books, her previous home, with her book launch for her lauded middle-grade book, Hope in the Valley. Here, she’s in conversation with Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton, the editor-in-chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996 to 2021. Mitali reads the first chapter of Hope in the Valley. Q&A with Mitali…