Much as I love Mona Dunn, I love Patsy Ryder even more. Painted in the late 1940s by […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Patsy Ryder
Middle Grade Fiction
Interview with Kristin L. Gray, author of Vilonia Beebe Takes Charge
Kristin L. Gray is a treasure, as is her book, Vilonia Beebe Takes Charge. I loved her […]
Science Girls Rule in Middle Grade!
There’s nothing I love so much as a middle grade novel in which the main characters – especially young […]
How Middle Grade Books Help Children Cope with Sucky Situations
“As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did.” ― […]
Book Review: The Eye of Midnight
I love a well-written and adventurous Middle Grade book… …and Andrew Brumbach’s The Eye of Midnight delivers. Here’s what […]