Reading for the CYBILS is SO much fun! It can feel a little overwhelming sometimes, but I always find books that I never would have read, if it weren't for the list! Including these two gems.| The Book Search
I'm super excited to be reading for the CYBILS again this year! I love reading all the latest speculative fiction and boy are there some great ones! Here are my two latest favorites. | The Book Search
I've fallen deep in the dark heart of middle grade fantasy fiction this week and there have been many, many magical creatures! These were my two favorite ones!| The Book Search
There is some terrific new middle grade speculative fiction coming out this month that I think kids are going to love! | The Book Search
Middle grade speculative fiction is SO MUCH FUN. The characters are always interesting, the problems are often rooted in social issues, which those middle graders are just beginning to notice, and the fantastical situations that authors put these characters in is just a blast. Here are two new ones that I really enjoyed.| The Book Search
I might have mentioned before that I'm not typically a fan of graphic novels. I like creating my own mental images of characters and settings and so I don't usually choose graphic novels. BUT, holy cow, these two new ones have such interesting story lines and the art work is SO compelling, you have to look for them!| The Book Search
Still reading for the CYBILS award, but coming down the end of the pile. Today I found this really great one lurking!| The Book Search
If I haven't said it often enough, reading for the CYBILS award is so much fun. It's a lot of work (well, if you call reading LOTS of middle grade chapter books work) but then there are THESE treasures you can uncover. | The Book Search
It may seem like this post is a little late, being two days PAST Halloween, but these magical titles are so great, you're not going to want to miss them! | The Book Search
Reading for the CYBILS is so much fun. It's a little like standing in a firehose spray of children's literature but if you can get past feeling completely overwhelmed (that was earlier this week), it's a blast, because there are SO MANY great books. Well, not literally, because that would hurt. Okay, then! Let me tell you about my two new favorites. | The Book Search
One of the best parts (in my opinion) of reading for the CYBILS book award, is that, as a panelist, I'm asked to read as many of the middle grade speculative fiction books published in the last year as possible. Even better, if I blog about them. So we get a list of the books and are asked to read them. Invariably, there are some that I've already read and some that are really hard to get a hold of and some that are just terrible. And some of them are complete gems that I never would ...| The Book Search