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Happy Leap Day! Plus, a shout-out for Nanny X Returns, for MMGM

29FebruarySuzanne11 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers, The Bookshelf, Writing

It’s that magical day that we all get to time travel forward an extra day! Â None of this mundane aging stuff for us today. Â Thanks to a bit of creative calendaring, Â on February 29th we leap through the day, glide through time, and zing through space on a giant floating ball that suddenly feels younger.

A Little Shopping, by Cynthia Rylant, for MMGM, and GIVEAWAY winner announced!

22FebruarySuzanne17 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

In yet another shout-out to the younger MG crowd, I’m spotlighting A Little Shopping, by Cynthia Rylant, which is the second book in her Cobble Street Cousins series. These little books, for just-reading-independently kids, are the often overlooked bridge by which young readers cross over into the larger story land of Mossflower, The Penderwick sisters,

Interview with Joan Holub, and a Happy President’s Day GIVEAWAY of This Little President!

15FebruarySuzanne20 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I am thrilled to welcome to the blog today Joan Holub, who has written and published enough books to build herself a small house! Â No pics of that (though if you ever go there, Joan, do pass a pic along!) but we can read about her journey, and gain some insights into how she’s done

Blue Birds, by Caroline Starr Rose, for MMGM + announcing next week’s giveaway!

8FebruarySuzanne9 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Before I dive into the spotlight, I want to invite you all to come, and spread the word, about the giveaway I’ll be hosting next week! Â It will includeÂ an interview with the illustrious Joan Holub–150 books pubbed, and counting!–about her life as a middle grade author and illustrator. Â And, we’ll have a FREE giveaway of

Spotlight on Gilded, by Christina Farley, for MMGM

1FebruarySuzanne8 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Have I mentioned how much I love you guys? Â Maybe I’m still feeling the euphoria of my winter break, but I was thinking this week how great it is to be a part of a community of readers, writers, and reviewers like this one. Â This is going to sound odd, but I love that I

I Text Dead People, for MMGM!

25JanuarySuzanne4 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Welcome back! Â Happy 2016! Â Are you all having a great beginning to the new year? Â Hopefully you’ve managed to get yours up to speed a bit quicker than mine…considering that this break was not supposed to last til the end of January! Â However, I have been getting in lots of great writing time–priorities, yes?–and am

Shout out for Septimus Heap, preview of goals for 2016, and winner announced!

14DecemberSuzanne9 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers, The Bookshelf, Writing

Since this is my last post of the year, it has to do the work of three–but that’s alright. Â Tis the season to multi-task, even if you’re just a humble blog post. First up, I’d like to announce the winner of The Goblin’s Puzzle! Â The prize is a hardcover copy that will be signed by

The Counterfeit Princess for MMGM (plus reminder of Giveaway–still open!)

7DecemberSuzanne9 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

As the subject suggests, I want to first remind you all to go enter the giveaway for The Goblin’s Puzzle, here. Â It’s a lovely tale, with intrigue, satire, adventure, deduction, and of course, a dragon which has tangled with the wrong bunch of kids! Â I highly recommend it. Now, on to this week’s spotlight of

Interview with Andrew S. Chilton and GIVEAWAY of The Goblin’s Puzzle!

30NovemberSuzanne13 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers, The Bookshelf

I am thrilled to have Andrew S. Chilton on the blog today, in a double-win interview and giveaway of his book! Â The Goblin’s Puzzle is his debut novel, and will launch in January, but it’s already making a name for itself and has received starredÂ reviews from Publisher’s Weekly AND School Library Journal! Â Here’s a little

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars: the Fall of the Amazing Zalindas, for MMGM

23NovemberSuzanne5 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I’ve read a bit of Sherlock Holmes, and enjoyed it, so I was intrigued by this series that aims the tales at the younger audience by centering them around the Baker Street Irregulars. Â These boys are mostly homeless ‘street urchins’ without families to care for them, who’ve formed a Peter Pan-like club or gang, and

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