Tag: Middle Grade

• Author Spotlight: Helen Rutter

  I’m thrilled to have the privilege of interviewing Helen Rutter today for our latest Author Spotlight! Helen is a playwright, actor, and author of The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, which is releasing here in the States next week. She lives in the UK with her comedian husband, two children, and two dogs. You can […]

  Devyn

  July 29, 2021

  Author Spotlight

  Author Interview, children's books, inclusive children's books, inclusive kids books, kids books, Middle Grade, Stammer, Stutter, The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

• Last Gate Of The Emperor

  If you’re looking for a book for a middle grader, I have a treat for you today. Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen could be described as Black Panther meets Ready Player One set in a mythical Ethiopia in outer space. With elements of both science fiction and fantasy, […]

  Devyn

  May 7, 2021

  Black Representation, Middle Grade, Reviews

  Afrofuturism, Axum, Kwame Mbalia, Last Gate Of The Emperor, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Sci-fi, Prince Joel Makonnen

• Allergic – A Coming Of Age Story of Friendship, Family, and Allergies

  Some of you may not know this about me, but I am a sucker for a good graphic novel. Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter definitely fits the bill. This sweet middle-grade graphic novel follows a young girl named Maggie, who finds herself the odd one out at home. With her parents […]

  Devyn

  February 25, 2021

  Reviews

  allergic, megan wagner lloyd, michelle mee nutter, Middle Grade, middle grade graphic novel