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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Reflection
I survived another year of the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge (scroll to the bottom for a complete list)! This year, I dove deep into the world of diversity in children’s and young adult literature. I was surprised to see as much diversity as I did, but we’ve…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/6/19
Last Week I’ve read so many books this week! Having a readathon happening has forced me to choose to read instead of sitting on the couch and binge-watching Netflix. It’s been, honestly, wonderful to read this much! I read Over the Moon by Natalie Lloyd to start off my week…
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A New Kind of Challenge… Bookémon Badgeathon
So after two months of blogging challenges, I am blogged out! That’s not to say that I won’t be blogging all month long, but I’ve turned my attention to a cool, new reading challenge during the month of May – the Bookémon Badgeathon. Your goal in this challenge is to…
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9 Middle Grade Novels in Verse for Poetry Month
It’s the last day of National Poetry Month and I didn’t want to flip the calendar to May until I got a chance to celebrate just a little! Here are nine middle grade novels all in verse for you to enjoy! 9 Middle Grade Novels in Verse for Poetry Month…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/29/19
Last Week Another solid reading week for me! I’ was able to read another three middle grade titles and I’ve started another one. This week I was able to ready Shine! by J.J. & Chris Grabenstein (Netgalley ARC), The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman, and The Unsung Hero of Birdsong…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Xenophobia
I tried and tried to think of an “X” word that promoted positivity and diversity, but the only word I could come up with was xenophobia or the fear of strangers. Many people automatically think of the Jewish Holocaust, but sadly genocide has occurred in many other locations against many…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Vegetarian & Vegan Characters
A group of characters you don’t often read about in middle grade and young adult books are vegan and vegetarian characters. As I’ve stated over and over again this month, diversity is about more than just race and it’s so important for all different types of kids to get the…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Universal Stories
As I get closer and closer to the end of the alphabet it’s getting a little harder to figure out themes for some of the more difficult letters. For the Letter “U” I chose to highlight universal stories. In other words, titles that I didn’t get to add to other…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Trans Characters
Although I included trans characters on my Queer Book List earlier this month. I felt that I should highlight more titles with trans characters for the Letter “T” today. So here are twelve middle grade and young adult titles. And I know there are a lot of white characters in…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Teachers
I’m featuring trans characters later today, but I also wanted to share a few titles that focus on how much influence teachers have on the kids they encounter every day. Check out these fun middle grade titles! Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea Booked by Kwame Alexander Ghost by…
