So I guess I'm a little behind on updating the blog... since it's been since APRIL that I posted last. Sheesh, it's not even like I have work to blame it on anymore. But ok, here are two amazing new middle grade realistic fiction books. | The Book Search
My husband and I were traveling last week and lucky me! I had lots of books on my Netgalley app and lots of time to read! Here are two of my new favorites.| The Book Search
I adore historical fiction and the middle grade versions are typically wonderful! Here are two terrific ones to look for!| The Book Search
Now that I'm done with the CYBILS for the year, I can dig back into the realistic fiction pile. Here are two of my latest favorites! Weird...| imtanner.blogspot.com
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
There have been some amazing new titles in my Netgalley TBR pile and YAY for finally reading them! Here are two of my newest 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
I've been having a great time reading the books on the new Sunshine State Young Reader lists. They never fail to find such fun books! Here's a link to the K-2 list. And here's a link to the 3-5 and 6-8 lists. They have such a variety of books. And here's a link to my TPT store where there are reading comprehension questions for all the 3-5 and 6-8 books and lesson plans for the K-2 list. | The Book Search
Middle grade fiction is such a terrific place to find interesting characters and challenges. These three brand new books have an amazing variety of those! | The Book Search
I LOVE picture books. I love the short stories with big messages. I love the gorgeous art work. Picture books are such a great way to tell a story. Here are two of my new favorites.| The Book Search
These two brand new middle grade books are all about games- and you know that since it's middle grade fiction, it's really about way more than the game. Bigger stakes and bigger rewards! Both of these books are high reward books! | The Book Search
It's funny how sometimes there's kind of a "thing" in middle grade literature. This week, I read two different books that were published in the same week and both were about kids who were dealing with a missing mom. It's fairly often that children are left to their own devices, particularly in middle grade literature-think James and the Giant Peach, Harry Potter, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, to name a few, so it's not really surprising to find missing parents, but these two books...| The Book Search
And the hits just keep coming! Boy, have I read some great books lately! Here are two of my favorites.| The Book Search
I'm branching out from all the speculative fiction I've been reading to catch up on some realistic fiction. Here are two of my new favorites!| 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
Need some great new middle grade books with relatable characters? Wait till you hear about these!| 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
There have been SO MANY middle grade fiction books coming out this month. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to keep up! But so far so good! Here are two of my newest favorites.| The Book Search