19 Summery Middle Grade Novels

I’m blogging today over at From The Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors all about summer-themed novels, so whether your MG reader is going to camp, going on vacation, visiting

Parenting with food allergies … by Curtis Sittenfeld

If you haven’t already seen this great essay over at The New York Times by novelist Curtis Sittenfeld, click here. She nails what it’s like to have a kid with

BEA

I’m surprisingly jealous not to be at BEA this year. That is all.

Free Comic Book Day!

Saturday, May 7, 2016 is Free Comic Book Day. There will be a range of titles offered, from ones appropriate to all ages to those only aimed at a mature

Mark your calendars!

Most important holiday in November? No, not Thanksgiving. It’s the annual release of a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. On November 1, book #11, Diary of a Wimpy

Another way to treat allergies?

This is in the still a fantasy, not yet a reality, stage, but it’s interesting nonetheless: scientists are suggesting that food allergies can be treated with nanoparticles. Using nanoparticles, they can “smuggle” allergies

Trend I Love: Writers as Bookstore Owners

Most writers harbor a secret dream to one day open their own indie bookshop where they’ll chat with smart and engaged readers, read new titles and solve crimes while drinking

Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary

Superstar author Beverly Cleary turns 100 this month, which is amazing. She’s such a fantastic writer, and this quote from her interview with The New York Post sums up what

James Patterson, #BookHero

I love James Patterson for everything he’s doing to support reading, teaching, indie bookstores and libraries. If you aren’t up-to-date on his generosity and all-around coolness, here’s his recent interview

The Crossover

I know, I’m late to the party here. Kwame Alexander’s amazing middle grade novel The Crossover won awards (including a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor) back in 2015,