In 2023, I tweeted about the long lengths of recently published middle grade books. The tweet went viral, and I was invited to write for Publisher’s Weekly to expand on my concerns. I said that while ...

These are not book series that start great and lose quality by the 2nd or 3rd book — these are the best book series that STAY good throughout the entire series. Trust me. That’s my pet peeve, too.

Preus, who lives in Duluth, is the bestselling author of the Newbery Honor book “Heart of a Samurai” and other books for young readers, including “West of the Moon” and the Enchanted Lake trilogy. She ...

Beware ninth-graders at Stephan Pastis’ book event. They might like his famous comic strip, “Pearls Before Swine.” But for his new book, he fears they would sit arms-crossed and stone-faced, ...

For our latest look at the middle grade category, we go straight to its source. We asked middle grade authors, some established masters and some who are newer to the scene, to share why they chose ...

The middle grade years are often called the golden age of reading, a time when kids connect fiercely with characters and stories. Some of the all-time bestsellers in children’s literature (think Harry ...

Yen Press' middle-grade imprint JY will release prose novels selected from Kadokawa's Tsubasa Bunko label, which has held the top share in children's books in Japan for the last ten years. Through ...

Black Ballerinas will be published by S&S/Aladdin Books on Nov. 2 Misty Copeland was 16 years old when she saw an image that changed the course of her life: a Black ballerina on the cover of a ...

Lopez has a four-book deal with Viking Children's Books for 'Chupacarter,' a series of books that combine humor, "Latinx mythology" and memories of Lopez's childhood. By The Associated Press ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Israeli historian, philosopher and million-selling author Yuval Noah Harari has begun work on a planned four-volume middle grade series on a favorite subject: the history of ...