middle grade
Recent Reads
I am getting back into my books and am so glad. It was weird lacking the focus for one of my favorite and most relaxing activities. Books I Finished All four of these books were very good and all had strong messages. Option Pile I am reading two books aloud…
Meet the Ravenclaw writer who loves spaghetti, Wendy McLeod MacKnight
Introduction: About You 3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You My favourite movie is the Wizard of OzI could eat spaghetti every day for the rest of my lifeI feed birds, squirrels, raccoons, groundhogs, moles, and chipmunks. Hogwarts House and Camp Halfblood Cabin Ravenclaw all the way! I was…
Karen. Romano. Young. She can write. She is a Gryffindor. She can sing the alphabet backwards. She loves pelicans. Want to know more???
Introduction: About You 3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You I’ve dived in a submarine to a hydrothermal vent 2 miles below the surface of the Pacific OceanI can sing the alphabet backwards.My favorite bird is the pelican. Hogwarts House Gryffindor What is your writing Kryptonite? Worrying too much…
Kaela Noel-A Glimpse into the Life of the Writer
3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You My mother followed a guru and I was born on an ashram in San Francisco. There was a lot of incense and the color orange.I am double-jointed and can bend my fingers back against my hand in a way some people find…
A Chat With Children’s Author, Robin Pawlak
Robin Pawlak was the first author that came to my classroom virtually and he started my obsession with author visits! I am so happy to share an interview with Robin and to share his book with you all. Hearing about the importance of humor in books and the creativity in…
Meet Tara Gilboy!
3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You When I was a kid, I liked to dress up in Victorian clothes and pretend I lived in another time.I perform improv comedy with my team Cheap Date.I am terrified of heights. (And sometimes heights that are not even that high…) Hogwarts…
Celebrate Multicultural Book Day and Chat with Erin Yun!
Today is a really important day that I had not previously been made aware of, Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Follow the #ReadYourWorld today and join the conversation on how to get more multicultural books in the hands of our young readers. You might also make new connections and grow your…
A Chat with Frances O’Roark Dowell
Frances O’Roark Dowell and her publisher, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, were kind enough to share The Class with me this summer. I devoured it, enjoying the multiple perspectives and the mystery and I knew it would be a popular read among my sixth graders. I am so thankful that Frances also…
Guess Who?
Who is this middle grade author? 1 Though I was born in the Philippines, I spent my childhood hopping back and forth between Manila (Philippines), Barcelona (Spain), and New York City/Long Island (US). 2 For the past eleven years, I’ve been involved with animal welfare causes in the Philippines. I…