Combine a little magic with a love of science, and what do you get? Into the Tall, Tall Grass, a…
The “StayAtHome order has affected all of us differently. How to stay focused? What to focus on? What really matters?…
I can’t think of a better way to spend time during a quarantine than to read! And I’m giving away…
In Blue Skies eleven year-old Glory Bea believes her daddy will come home from the war. He has to. He…
I’m still choked up after reading Her Own Two Feet, just out from Scholastic’s FOCUS imprint, about a Rwandan girl…
Last month, our protagonist realized she “could believe in science without giving up on magic.” This month, we’re looking at…
Sarah R. Baughman talks about her writing process.
Look what’s out in paperback tomorrow (June 4)! The Mortification of Fovea Munson by Mary Winn Heider. It’s LOL funny—the…
After reading Adam P. Schmitt’s debut middle grade novel Speechless, I was… speechless. No, really. I was. Seriously. Toward the…
“The first part of a book for me is hearing the character’s voice in my head. I don’t even take out a pen until I hear it strongly and consistently.”