-
Join 1,183 other subscribers
- Follow alibrarymama on WordPress.com
-
Recent Posts
- My Top 12 Posts 3-1: LGBTQ+ MG Fantasy, Back to Magic School, and Winter Fantasy
- My Top 12 Posts #6-#4 – Fantasy under 250 pages, Asian-American Graphic Novels, and Middle Grade for RPG Fans
- My Top 12 Posts #7 – Magical Quests in YA Books
- My Top 12 Posts #8 – 12 Magical Teen Fantasy Books on Hoopla
- My Top 12 Posts #9 – Bud, Not Buddy and The Mighty Miss Malone
Archives
Tags
- #OwnVoices
- #ReadDiverse2017
- Adult Nonfiction
- adventure
- African-American
- Armchair Cybils
- Asian-American
- audio
- audiobooks
- award winners
- bibliography
- contemporary fantasy
- cooking
- Cybils
- diversity
- dragons
- Early Chapter Books
- fairy tales
- Fantasy
- fiction
- ghosts
- graphic novels
- historical fantasy
- historical fiction
- humor
- knitting
- Latino/a
- Latinx
- LGBTQ
- mr. fp
- multiculturalism
- Mystery
- mythology
- parenting
- picture books
- pirates
- Romance
- science fiction
- steampunk
- superheroes
- teen
- teen fantasy
- teen fiction
- teen science fiction
- Top Ten Tuesday
- youth audiobooks
- youth fantasy
- youth fiction
- youth graphic novels
- youth science fiction
-
© Katy Kramp and alibrarymama.com, 2004-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Katy Kramp and alibrarymama.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Tag Archives: youth fiction
My Top 12 Posts #9 – Bud, Not Buddy and The Mighty Miss Malone
In celebration of my 20th blogiversary, I’m reblogging the posts that have gotten the most views in the time they’ve been published. Here we have #9, a post that has gotten regular hits every year since I published it in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged African-American, blogging, blogiversary, book blogging, youth fiction, youth historical fiction
Leave a comment
Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo for MCBD 2024
It’s time to celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day again! I’m reviewing this book here – be sure to head over to the website for lots of book giveaways, hundreds of reviews, and for information about the online party. Cruzita and the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged baking, book reviews, book-review, books, Latinx, Mexican-American, Middle Grade, Multicultural Children's Book Day, music, realistic fiction, youth fiction
2 Comments
For Real: Nikhil Out Loud, On Air with Zoe Washington, and The Many Masks of Andy Zhou
Here are three realistic middle grade books I’ve enjoyed recently, from Maulik Pancholy, Janae Marks, and Jack Cheng Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade
Tagged African-American, art, Asian-American, baking, Chinese-American, energetic, humor, Indian-American, LGBTQ, Michigan, Middle Grade, podcasting, theater, thoughtful, youth fiction
Leave a comment
BLOG TOUR: The Greatest Kid in the World by John David Anderson
Join me on the blog tour for THE GREATEST KID IN THE WORLD by John David Anderson, in which a kid whose greatest ambition has been pulling pranks suddenly finds himself in the running for the title of greatest kid in the world. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged blog tours, humor, John David Anderson, Middle Grade, youth fiction
Leave a comment
Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things and Figure it Out, Henri Weldon
Friends, usually I try to group books of similar themes for similar age groups in my reviews. But today, in the effort to get some reviews out where you can see them, I am just putting out a teen book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews, Romance, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged African-American, Dyscalculia, islands, learning disabilities, sisters, South Asian, teen fiction, teen romance, youth fiction
3 Comments
3 2022 MG Fic Finalists: Attack of the Black Rectangles, Freewater, and Thirst
I’m continuing my read-through of 2022 Cybils finalists with three more middle grade fiction titles – Attack of the Black Rectangles, Freewater (which also won the Newbery) and Thirst. Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged censorship, equity, water, youth fiction, youth historical fiction
Leave a comment
Fast & Funny with Cookies & Cakes: Ben Yokoyama and Winnie Zeng
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr and Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao are two fast and funny chapter to middle grade books that are sure to keep kids reading. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged Chinese-American, humor, Japanese-American, magical baking, Middle Grade, not quite middle grade, youth fantasy, youth fiction
1 Comment
The Other Side of the River by Alda P. Dobbs
This freshly imagined story of an immigrant girl, taking off from the author’s grandmother’s story, is filled with determination, hard-won joy, as well as hope and humor. Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged historical fiction, immigration, Latino/a, Latinx, Mexican-American, Texas, youth fiction
2 Comments