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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic

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An exciting animal lovers' adventure, with magic abound! Perfect for Halloween or Christmas!

www.amazon.com/Girl-Red-Cap... #naturestory #animals #greensky #booksworthreading #middlegradereads #pumpkinspice #pumpkins #fallread #winter #HarryPotter #wizards #supernatural #bookstoread #trickortreat

October 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Colorful Crow Publishing

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First Review Alert!

“The Wooblers is a gem … whimsical illustrations help the story come alive.” – Jill Fogle, retired teacher

A heartwarming tale of courage and self-acceptance.

Congrats Gray Bridges & Tammie Walters—this is only the beginning!

#ChildrensBooks #MiddleGradeReads #BookSky

August 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM Everybody can reply

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KS Holloway Author

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📚 Spark their imagination! Shelfville is a magical middle grade adventure your 9–13yo will love. Brave twins, secret worlds, and danger around every corner! 📚

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F66M75VC

#Shelfville
#MiddleGradeReads
#BooksForKids
#TweenReads
#FantasyForKids
#kidlit
#booksky
#mglit

Shelfville: The Land that Stories Forgot.

August 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM Everybody can reply

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Christopher Lincoln

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Another real day brightener.

#thenightlibrarian #penguinkids

#newbook #holidayreads #stockingstuffer #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #graphicnovel #middlegradereads #fantasybooks #kidlit #parentapproved #holidaypresent #magicalrealism #readingisfundamental #readinginthemiddle #kidlit

December 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM Everybody can reply

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@MaryLanniReads

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Today's featured author interview is with Lance Rubin, author of Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend! Check out our conversation, and then make sure to read Zed's story, too.

youtu.be/iYOSiLrFZ5A?...

#middlegradereads #authorinterview #kidlit

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Author Interview: Lance Rubin

YouTube video by @MaryLanniReads

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October 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Tanya Packer

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A friend asked me what the feel was for book 4....

Books 1 to 3 are available now!
I can't wait to get back to writing book 4!
I miss my characters 😢

#mgreads #mgbooks #mgwriter #mgfantasybooks #mgfantasy #kidsbooks #ownvoice #middlegradereads #middlegradefantasy #canadareads

May 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM Everybody can reply

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Common Deer Press

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The Math Kids: The Missing Cache by Dave Cole is out now!

🧠 Perfect for ages 8–12
📚 Great for classrooms, libraries, and STEM-loving kids

Get your copy today—available wherever you buy books!

The Math Kids: The Missing Cache by Dave Cole is out now! Filled with mystery, teamwork, and mind-bending math puzzles, this middle grade adventure will keep readers turning pages and solving clues to the very end.

🧠 Perfect for ages 8–12
📚 Great for classrooms, libraries, and STEM-loving kids

Get your copy today—available wherever you buy books!

#TheMathKids #NewBookRelease #MiddleGradeReads #STEMKids #BuyBooks #ReadToLearn #BookstoreAdventure @dcole_mathkids @shannonotooleart #kidlit

October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM Everybody can reply

Generation Mars

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Looking for last minute gift ideas for kids? How about a Martian dungeon crawl?

In book three, Water, the children are touring an abandoned ice mine when a seismic event traps them in a dark and shifting labyrinth of ice.

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#scifi #kidlit #middlegradereads #booksky #sciencefiction

Book cover showing a geyser on Mars with figures in the foreground

December 22, 2024 at 1:27 AM Everybody can reply

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Greta Whiteshark

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It's a scientific fact that sharkmaids can swim up to 35 miles per hour. ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/s...
#middlegradereads #MGLit #mermaid #sharkmaid #KidlitMegaFeed

February 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM Everybody can reply

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Wendy Parris

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KidsBookshelf interviewed me about my inspiration for STAGE FRIGHT's character dynamics and more! Please check it out:
www.kidsbookshelf.com/authors/wend...

#authorlife #middlegradereads #kidlit #spookymg

November 14, 2024 at 10:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Erik Ammon

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Current read!
The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling, The Darkness Outside Us by @eliotschrefer.bsky.social
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, and Lunch Poems by Frank O’Hara. #middlegradereads, #poetry, #scifi #amreading #mfacreativewriting

February 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM Everybody can reply

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Jennifer Rummel

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Only 3 days left to enter to win this middle grade book featuring ALL the sibling drama!

yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2024/01/midd...

#MGlit #middlegradereads #kidlib #librarylife

Middle Grade Review: The McNifficents

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January 11, 2024 at 6:24 PM Everybody can reply

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Miss Gifty's School

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That’s how powerful this #dystopian book is! link in bio! #BookTok #middlegradereads #MissGiftysSchool

December 3, 2024 at 8:49 PM Everybody can reply

Nwobodo Henry Chigozirim

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Confused by all the alien lingo in Alien Fighters?
Don’t worry, I’ve humbly decoded the Rokus pokus for you. 🧠💥
Just check it out here 👇
alienfightersbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/alie...
#AlienFighters #MiddleGradeReads #SciFiFantasy #Worldbuilding #TeenAuthor #KidLitBlog

AI generated image of a high tech martial arts school on a mountain. Students are training outside and there's a green skinned alien overlooking them.

June 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM Everybody can reply

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Mike Dawson

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#kidlit #middlegradereads #graphicnovels #sportscomic

Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · Apr 18

One of my favorite panels in The Fifth Quarter - a lot of energy, tells you things about the character with minimal drawing and pared down details

November 20, 2024 at 12:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Kindle Daily Deals

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Knowledge is powerful, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden."

Sale: $10.99 to $2.99

by Kelly Barnhill
Rating: 4.7/5 (28,370 Reviews)

#FantasyBooks #MiddleGradeReads #BookRecommendation #BookSale #BookSky

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) - Kindle edition by Barnhill, Kelly. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal).

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May 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM Everybody can reply

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Karen B. McCoy

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Some great finds in the wilds of my local Barnes and Noble! MONSTER MOVIE by @chuckwendig.bsky.social looks amazing #shelfie #shelfiethursday #middlegrade #middlegradereads

July 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM Everybody can reply

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Nica

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"The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo
Cartaya #youngreaders #bookgift #bookish #readwithlove
#middlegradebooks #middlegradereads #kidlit #pablocartaya #bookrec
#BookTok #miami

September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM Everybody can reply

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Nanda Publishing/Uitgeverij

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“For reluctant readers too!”
– 5-star review 🌟 on Goodreads, Amazon and BookBub
Reluctant readers often need humor, fast pacing, and just the right mystery.
Panic in Paris delivers all three.
#ReluctantReaders #FunnyBooks #MiddleGradeReads #PlazaPatatta #reading #joy

July 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM Everybody can reply

Buster Books

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Do any of these crew mates look like #TraitorsInSpace? 👀

Catch the aliens before they catch you in this astronomical middle-grade adventure! 👽

Perfect for fans of #AmongUs and BBC's #TheTraitors.

#AlienAdventure #MiddleGradeReads #TimCollins #StevenWood #SpaceAdventure #ChooseYourOwnAdventure

January 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM Everybody can reply

Sherry Ellis

@sherryellisauthor.bsky.social

Visiting Fort Clinch on Amelia Island. 📚😁#author, #booksky, #ameliaisland #middlegradereads

January 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Mike Dawson

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Geordie James, finding a place for himself - panels from a work in progress #KidLitArt #nationalillustrationday #middlegradereads

Geordie James, a sixth grader, looking frustrated, walking home from school in the rain. He carries an umbrella and wears a yellow raincoat.

Geordie and his dog Crackerjack (named after the Dolly Parton song) walking in the woods. There are squirrels and birds around them on the trail.

Geordie has found something out in the woods.

November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM Everybody can reply

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Tanya Packer

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I am absolutely loving book 4 of my mg Fantasy series.

I can't wait for book 3's cover reveal.

While you wait, be sure to grab book 1, available on Kindle Unlimited and book 2 available on Amazon.

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#mgfantasybooks #mgreads #mgbookstagram #mgwriter #kidsbooks #kidlit #middlegradereads