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Review of the Day: You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This by Aaron Starmer, ill. Jaime Zollars
If you want your child to read books that they’ll forget in a month’s time, hand them pablum. If you want them to think, rethink, and return to a book for the rest of their life? This is what you give.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Mariam: All HAIL MARIAM by Huda Al-Marashi
As far as I'm concerned, any book that shows how an individual can move away from black and white thinking towards tolerance and acceptance is a book worth reading. We discuss such a title today.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Middle Grade Fiction
Our penultimate post!! These are the books that will worm their ways into the crannies and crevices of your children's gray matter, affecting their thoughts, their brains, their lives. If you're comfortable with that, read on.
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Review of the Day: The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri
I’ve noticed something about Daniel Nayeri. With every middle grade novel for kids that he writes he gets a little bit sharper. A little bit sleeker. A little bit funnier. A little bit faster. And this latest title? It’s a little bit one of the best books of the year
Out There, Waiting for Me: A Q&A with Jennifer L. Holm About OUTSIDE
What do you do when you can't trust the adults around you? Jennifer L. Holm and I discuss her latest book and talk a little xenotransplantation here and a little love of doggies there.
Review of the Day: The Experiment by Rebecca Stead
A marvelous tale of space aliens and vast conspiracies. Put another way, just the thing to lure the science fiction curious back to the fold.
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No Specialized Knowledge Required: Rebecca Stead Discusses the Fun and Fantastic THE EXPERIMENT
We continue our ode to science fiction this week with the delightful Rebecca Stead in discussion about her latest title, tails and all.
Jeanne Birdsall’s Triumphant Return: A Talk About The Library of Unruly Treasures
Got a-hankering for more Penderwicks? Then get the next best thing! Jeanne Birdsall has an all new book out and it involves libraries, fairies, and terrible terrible parents.
Review of the Day: The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
You know what the hero of this book is doing when we first meet him? Kicking over the headstones of complete strangers in the cemetery. I review a STRONG title from Messner.
Review of the Day: The Reel Wish by Yamile Saied Méndez
Un-put-downable. A little more complex than its cover implies, this is a title to hand to that kid that always has to be the best, even if it kills them.
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