This is the plot of the new middle-grade novel, “ When You’re Brave Enough ,” by Austin author Rebecca Bendheim. Bendheim ...

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 ...

Most kids love reading funny books. Add in the graphic novel format, and you get a winning combination of funny middle grade graphic novels for tweens. The funny graphic novel books listed here share ...

I remember the day our 9-year-old brought Twilight home from the library. The novel, a blood-soaked vampire romance thriller, is a fun read and a real page-turner if you like that sort of thing.

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 ...

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 ...

Best-of lists are always hard to narrow, especially when it comes to books. Reading specialists at the Capital Area District Library culled their extensive lists to 10 each in five categories. Here ...

A Public Schools educator whose books are popular with middle schoolers – and even adults – held his first book signing Thursday at the News Press. author Kyle Frederick’s ...