Another Friday, another round-up of Cybils-nominated picture books for you. This time, though, I’m taking a moment to highlight three picture books intended not for the youngest set, but for slightly older, more sophisticated readers of the older elementary school age set. More serious and thoughtful topics are addressed here than with the majority of…
Category Archives: ages 9 – 12
Culture Collision, Cybils Middle Grade Fiction
I love reading multi-cultural fiction (for adults)**, specifically books that deal with 1st-generation Americans in conflict with their foreign-born parents and what they feel is their home, America. Which culture do they truly belong to? In most cases, the answer is both, which makes them all the richer (at least in my very white, very…
Dog Stories
Kids and adults alike are drawn to stories about man’s best friend. This selection of Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominees will reach a wide range of ages and interests. Though I am a Round I panelist in this Middle Grade fiction category for the Cybils, my opinions are solely my own and are not meant…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
My son started asking to read the Wimpy kid books in second grade, but I had him wait until third grade for various reasons. The books are in pretty high demand at his school but he managed to read all of them in the first few months of school. Scholastic sent me a copy of…
Bloodlines: A Time for War
Seeing “blood” and “war” in the title of a book immediately makes me think that it’s not the sort of book I’d want to read. But in this case, “Bloodlines” refers to the series that look at the different military careers of one particular fictitious family. A Time for War tells the story of PFC…
Cybils Middle Grade Fiction: Family Stories
These Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominees all deal with families. These families might look like your own, or they might be quite different, but the dynamic plays out in a critical way to the plot of these novels, which are each different in tone as well. Calli Be Gold by Michele Weber Hurwitz I have…
Middle Grade Historical Fiction that Feels Timeless
Some kids might enjoy reading about a particular time. I was — and still am — drawn to 1920′s and 30′s history and literature, and of course homesteading prairie stories are always popular (actually can someone tell me if they ARE still popular? I’m not sure they are, and that makes me sad), but I…
Three Cups
We’ve had a lot of discussions about money in our household lately. I’ve been sort of consistent about giving an allowance lately to my kids, and on top of that my 13-year-old daughter has recently started earning some of her own money babysitting and pet sitting. The way we handle and think about money is…
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