The Yarn
Amanda MacGregor, April 17, 2024 | Guest Post
You know, what we’re really talking about is empowerment—feeling like even the smallest parts of us have power and worth. That could be super important to a middle school kid.
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 16, 2024 | Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, Mind the Middle, Mind the Middle Project
Author Christina Matula discusses the newest book in her Holly-Mei series, The Not-So-Simple Question
Amanda MacGregor, April 16, 2024 | Guest Post
These books all share anxiety as a theme, but in conversation with each other they feel like they are capturing something essential about the power of middle grade books.
Amanda MacGregor, April 15, 2024 | Guest Post
At the end of 2023, I established a 501©3 organization called A Book of My Own. There are so many things out of our control in this ever-challenging world - but getting books to kids who need them? That is something I can do.
Amanda MacGregor, April 12, 2024 | Guest Post
Let’s take a look at twelve titles that deserve an encore.
Amanda MacGregor, April 9, 2024 | Guest Post
When we listen to each other’s poems and stories, our minds grow wings. We visit each other’s worlds. We begin to understand each other. We become neighbors instead of strangers.
Amanda MacGregor, April 8, 2024 | Guest Post
Isabel in Bloom will be my fourth middle grade novel (my first one in verse). When I began writing it, a few intriguing images had come to me: a girl on a plane, a dried-up school garden, and a balikbayan box.
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 5, 2024 | Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, Mind the Middle, Mind the Middle Project, Sports
Author Davide A. Robertson discusses his hockey themed book THE KODIAKS: HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Amanda MacGregor, April 4, 2024 | Guest Post
There is so much to be gained in the classroom by integrating more fantastical tales.
Amanda MacGregor, April 2, 2024 | Guest Post
If AI becomes capable of writing unique novels, just for you, that are better than anything you've ever read before, what would become of the shared experience of a beloved book?
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