If you're like me, you love to read about the world around you -- and find good chapter and middle grade books that represent ...

Author Edwidge Danticat is defending "Mama's Nightingale" after a Darien dad challenged the book, saying it "negatively ...

Magical start of the fantastic boy-wizard series.

In “What Fell From the Sky,” by Adrianna Cuevas, and “Oasis,” by Guojing, the best examples of humanity aren’t necessarily human. By Donna Barba Higuera Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy ...

Age 7 or 8 is a time when kids have a huge range of reading levels. Some are really ready for chapter books, while others are just getting the hang of storytime in general. The challenge at this age ...

By Mac Barnett Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go!

Any plans to explore even more points of view in Book 4? I think I left myself some really great opportunities. Violet and Xaden are married by the final chapter of “Onyx Storm.” Among the ...

Author Lisa Yee, winner of a Newbery Honor award, visited the school Tuesday to talk to fourth and fifth graders about her ...

Having raised 4 kids through this particular age, we are well-equipped to give suggestions of books for 10-year-olds with all kinds of ... I thought this middle-grade novel was a wonderful look at the ...

Top: Students involved in The Children’s Literacy project pack literacy kits in Kinard Hall for third grade students in ...