From the trials of middle school to the nuances of magical foreign lands, these graphic novels and their plucky main characters will set readers’ imaginations on fire, with stories to make them laugh, think, and feel inspired. Whether it’s the latest installment in a beloved series or undiscovered worlds from new writers and illustrators, kids […]
School is back in session, but that doesn’t mean your kids have to lose all that summer reading momentum. Stock up on our picks for the best books for young readers this month like a new movie tie-in edition of R.J. Palacio’s modern classic Wonder, some amazing new graphic novels, a moving new release from the […]
Gather round, ladies and lords, to hear the incredible story of 11-year-old Imogen—aka Impy—who is prepared to embark on the most treacherous quest a tween can fathom: starting middle school. With the just-released All’s Faire in Middle School, Victoria Jamieson, author of the Newbery Honor Award-winning Roller Girl, has managed to create a graphic novel […]
What books would you recommend to kids who love Dork Diaries and Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
At President Obama’s second Inauguration in 2013, Richard Blanco debuted his poem “One Today,” a tribute to America which examines the beauty and heartbreak that are a universal part of the human experience. Around the same time, author and illustrator Dav Pilkey was working on new books for his Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta series. In what may seem at first like an unlikely collaboration, […]