I'm wrapping up my 20th blogiversary celebration with My Top 12 Posts 3-1: LGBTQ+ MG Fantasy, Back to Magic School, and Winter Fantasy #booklists #middlegrade #fantasy alibrarymama.com/2024/04/19/my-…

My Top 12 Posts #8 - 12 Magical Teen Fantasy Books on Hoopla - one of the many ebook-only booklists I put together during lockdown. alibrarymama.com/2024/03/29/my-…

I'm celebrating my 20th blogiversary with looking at my top 12 posts. Here's #9 - Bud, Not Buddy and The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis. #bookblogging #bookove alibrarymama.com/2024/03/27/my-…

By popular request, in honor of my 20th blogiversary, I'm resharing my top posts. Here's #11, Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee - THE MISFITS have arrived! alibrarymama.com/2024/03/19/my-…

Thanks to Charlotte for tagging me! I do indeed have a school library that would really love these books.

My short takes on the 2023 Cybils Middle Grade Graphic Novel Finalists (with notes on the ones my kid re-read the most!) #Cybils2023 alibrarymama.com/2024/02/28/202…

Happy 20th Blogiversary to me! And thanks to all of you for your support and the great community! #bookbloggers alibrarymama.com/2024/02/24/20-…

2023 in Review - the Books - 30 of my favorite new-to-me books from 2023, plus another 5 I loved enough to reread. #books #reading alibrarymama.com/2024/02/11/202…

It's time for my geeky, graph-heavy look at my 2023 reading. #booknerd #readingaccountability alibrarymama.com/2024/01/26/202…

Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo -read for #MCBD2024 - speaks to my love of music, baking, and family relationships. @lernerbooks #mglit alibrarymama.com/2024/01/25/cru…

Join me for the blog tour of Anne Ursu's latest book, Not Quite a Ghost, from Walden Pond Press. It's get-out-now creepy, combining the horror of ghosts and invisible illness, while still being a warm middle school story. #mglit #blogtours #2024MiddleGrade alibrarymama.com/2024/01/17/blo…

Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix was an excellent way to close out my 2023 reading. #Cybils2023 #mglit alibrarymama.com/2024/01/13/adi…

2023 Cybils Finalists and Ones that Got Away - because I can never limit myself to just 7 good books. #Cybils2023 #middlegrade alibrarymama.com/2024/01/10/202…

Unconventional Epics: Abeni's Song by Disgruntled Haradrim and Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by ⚔ Esme Symes-Smith 🏳️‍⚧️ Updates Only #mglit #Cybils2023 #mgfantasy #booklove wp.me/p2yvgS-30R

Classics Reimagined: my reviews of The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett and Moongarden by Michelle A. Barry 🌱✨📚 #Cybils2023 #mglit wp.me/p2yvgS-30o

Booklist: 8 delicious Middle Grade Baking Fantasy Books from Diane Zahler Anna Meriano Stephanie Burgis Alechia Dow (updates only) 📚🧁🔅 Rajani LaRocca 💗⚾️🧬 J.Elle is on IG 🖤 Katie Zhao ✨ Updates Only Kingfisher & Wombat #mglit alibrarymama.com/2023/11/15/8-b…

The Lost Library by wendy mass and Rebecca Stead and the House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko Kashiwaba translated by Avery Udagawa - both cozy fantasy stories set in the aftermath of disaster. #Cybils2023 alibrarymama.com/2023/11/12/coz…

Here are two heart-warming #mglit fantasy dog stories: Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson and The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers. Spoiler alert: happy endings for all doggos involved. M. T. Anderson #DaveEggers #Cybils2023 wp.me/p2yvgS-2ZA

Two tales of monsters and murder that ask the reader to look more closely at the stories: Between Monsters and Marvels by Alysa Wishingrad and Don't Want to Be Your Monster by deke דקלה (this account is mostly updates. mostly) #Cybils2023 #mglit #monsterbooks wp.me/p2yvgS-2Zs

I've been sitting with the news that Scholastic is self-censoring their Book Fairs since Tuesday. On Thursday I was invited to speak at a Scholastic Graphix party, and this is what I said. It's an earnest plea for the company with whom I have made so many books to do better.