Lopez has a four-book deal with Viking Children's Books for 'Chupacarter,' a series of books that combine humor, "Latinx mythology" and memories of Lopez's childhood. By The Associated Press ...

Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

Melissa Taylor is a former teacher and literacy trainer as well as a mother of two, blogger, and children’s book expert. She created and writes the popular blog Imagination Soup. She is also a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Children’s writer Kate ...

Middle grade fiction follows a consistent pattern of character development where protagonists must relinquish limiting core beliefs to achieve personal growth, according to research by Julia Moore ’25 ...

On Thursday, May 27, PW freelance editor Natasha Gilmore, who also serves as book buyer for Idlewild Books in New York City, moderated a sponsored panel featuring author Sharon Draper (Out of My Heart ...

Minneapolis author Anne Ursu reflects on her latest book: "Not Quite a Ghost." CATHY WURZER: Today is the fourth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic.

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 ...

It’s fiction day with a richly layered coming-of-age story set in Iowa farm country in the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and two novels by authors with Minnesota connections. I’d never met ...