by Pat Marcello | Dec 13, 2010 | Writing
When thinking of middle-grade readers, we’ve established that they’re not in middle grades. These are kids in 2nd to 7th grade, and the group requires diverse information. The younger ones like silly funny, while the older ones like a little more...
by Pat Marcello | Dec 12, 2010 | Writing
I love middle-grade readers. Though everyone’s basic personality is formed by five years old, they say, reading habits are formed at this stage, I think. I really have no psychological data to support that assumption, but it’s surely plausible. Cover of...
by Pat Marcello | Dec 11, 2010 | Writing
If you’re the parent of at 20-something kid, you probably do remember Goosebumps. Both the book series and the television series were wildly popular with the middle-grade crowd in the 90’s, and my daughter loved both. I can’t tell you how many of...
by Pat Marcello | Dec 10, 2010 | Writing
I’m not sure why kids 8 – 12 have been labeled “middle-grade” readers because the youngest of them are still in grade school. We’re talking about kids who can read pretty well, and who are either just learning to be independent or who are...
by Pat Marcello | Dec 9, 2010 | Writing
Do you remember what it was like to be a small child? Psychologists say that a majority of people don’t remember earlier than about age 5. I remember all the way back to 3. Maybe that’s why I still act 12, though I’m over 50. LOL No, seriously, I...
