2022 Berkeley Mock Newbery Book Clubs (ages 9-11)
Across Berkeley, students, teachers and families are joining this year’s 2022 Berkeley Mock Newbery Nominations Amari and the Night Brothers, […]
Category: realistic fiction
Red, White and Whole: Finding your path, caught in the middle (ages 10-14)
How do our children navigate feeling caught between two cultures, two groups of friends, two identities? In the new novel-in-verse […]
Inspiring Young Environmental Advocates: 6 middle grade novels (ages 9-14)
Environmental issues impact and threaten our lives in so many ways–from raging fires to supersize storms. Here are six novels […]
Tackling Issues: an interview with Katherine Applegate & Jen Petro-Roy (ages 8-14)
Mary Ann: Katherine, You’ve written for many age levels, from very young children to adults, yet it seems that your […]
Ten outstanding audiobooks (ages 4-18)
Is your family taking a long drive this winter? Consider listening to an audiobook together, letting it take you on […]
Ten top books for speaking your truth (ages 7-18)
As I continue to celebrate 10 years of blogging, I want to turn to books that encourage us to speak […]
Ten winning sports books for kids (ages 5-14)
Whether you play sports with your kids or love watching games together, you’ll have fun sharing these books. You’ll find […]
Forward Me Back To You, by Mitali Perkins: touching story of teens finding their way through trauma, identity and friendship (ages 13-17)
Mitali Perkins’ newest YA novel, Forward Me Back to Youby Mitali PerkinsFarrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan, 2019Google Books previewAmazon […]