I read a lot of middle grade. I also read some contemporary YA. Today, I'm sharing some of the criteria I use when I review books at thi...

 I have always enjoyed short stories - both reading and writing them - so this is a topic I like a lot. I used to have a "Short Story S...

Lately, I've seen a lot of blog posts discussing middle grade literature as though it is a new, difficult-to-define category. I hope to ...

Now that I have been blogging for three years, I receive a good number of comments and emails from authors whose books I have reviewed. I ha...

Betsy and Tacy are best friends. Then they meet Tib. Tib is a bit more serious-minded and practical than the other two girls, but desp...

In the sixth novel of the series Anastasia Krupnik is asking the important questions: who, what , where, when, why, and how. The answers o...

In his eighth grade year, Diggy Lawson raises a steer for a 4-H competition while coming to terms with the discovery that his father has...