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Tag: Middle Grade

March 15, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Writing in the Time of Covid, a guest post by Dana Alison Levy

We need scientists, and we need diversity in science, and we need books for kids, and we need citizen science projects, but most of all…we need hope.

March 14, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Centering Central America in Children’s Fiction: A journey home, a guest post by María José Fitzgerald

I grew up knowing that books could take us places. Outer space. California. Narnia. What if I wrote a book that could take readers to my home, Honduras?

March 10, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Stories and Themes: Rambling, Ranting, and Reflecting, a guest post by T. P. Jagger

One thing I value and believe in is the role of stories in helping readers to experience new perspectives. To see other sides. To think critically.

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Being Scared Silly to Spill a Secret, a guest post by Elizabeth Eulberg

March 9, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

I asked my mom a question I was given for a blog interview: “What the hardest obstacle you’ve had to overcome?” My mom looked at me for a moment, then said, “Ah, how about the fact you couldn’t read until fourth grade!”

Panels, Prose, and Other Superpowers, a guest post by Jarrett Pumphrey

March 7, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Jerome and I tapped into our early heroic adventures for our new book, Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair. In a hybrid mix of panels and prose, we tell the story of Lincoln and Hudson Dupré, two brothers just like us.

Children of the Black Glass: A Bedtime Story, a guest post by Tony Peckham

March 6, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Children of the Black Glass began some years ago on a family road trip, when we found an obsidian deposit near a dirt road on the wild side of a jagged mountain range.

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The Forest in the Sea, a guest post by Anita Sanchez

February 23, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The more I researched the bewildering problems facing our planet, the more I kept bumping into an unlikely hero—seaweed.

The Importance of Books, a guest post by Aden Polydoros

February 20, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

With the unprecedented rise in book bannings and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation targeting marginalized youth, I feel the need to use this opportunity to talk about books and their significance to me.

Book Review: Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O’Shaughnessy

February 16, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

This moving and well-written story about one kid's experience in the foster care system is so full of heart. Mo's story will stick with me for a long time. A great read.

Book Review: When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn

February 15, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

This is one of those books that is nice to read and seems perfectly fine, but then becomes something bigger, something better, something different.

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