If you’re like me, you love to read about the world around you — and find good chapter and middle grade books that represent this beautiful, diverse world. Representation matters. This is why ...

From reader requests, I’ve made a wholesome middle grade books for girls ages 9 – 12 with kind main characters you’d want as a friend. (Go here for the list for boys.) My criteria for books ...

"Middle grade is dead! Middle grade is dead!” the press proclaims. And while it’s true that a 2024 report from Circana BookScan showed that print unit sales of middle grade books fell 5% in ...

Edited by writer and activist, Jael Richardson, Today I Am is a collection of short stories written by emerging writers in Canada that examine the meaning of home. From growing up on a faraway planet ...

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired Finn’s Epic Fails, a new middle-grade comedy series from bestselling, ...

Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired five middle-grade titles from author and illustrator Rob Biddulph in a ‘major’ ...

North Texas Teen Book Festival took place on February 28–March 1, drawing more than 15,000 middle grade and YA book lovers to ...