In 2023, I tweeted about the long lengths of recently published middle grade books. The tweet went viral, and I was invited to write for Publisher’s Weekly to expand on my concerns. I said that while ...

These are not book series that start great and lose quality by the 2nd or 3rd book — these are the best book series that STAY good throughout the entire series. Trust me. That’s my pet peeve, too.

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

Preus, who lives in Duluth, is the bestselling author of the Newbery Honor book “Heart of a Samurai” and other books for young readers, including “West of the Moon” and the Enchanted Lake trilogy. She ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss ...

Among the books hitting shelves this week and next are a picture book about an Indigenous community collaborating on a ...

Beware ninth-graders at Stephan Pastis’ book event. They might like his famous comic strip, “Pearls Before Swine.” But for his new book, he fears they would sit arms-crossed and stone-faced, ...

Simon & Schuster has announced their must-have list of 2024 middle-grade books for young readers. It's a range they're pretty proud of, offering kids a variety of genres and stories that provide fun, ...

In the summer of ‘93 nothing mattered more than getting my 11-year-old hands on the new Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, “Sea City, Here We Come!” I begged for a trip to Barnes & Noble. Nose in book ...

Yen Press' middle-grade imprint JY will release prose novels selected from Kadokawa's Tsubasa Bunko label, which has held the top share in children's books in Japan for the last ten years. Through ...