Writing for Middle-Grade Readers: Remember Goosebumps?
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 those books we got...
Middle-Grade Readers Aren’t Necessarily in Middle Grades
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 approaching their teen years....
Preschooler Writers Have All the Fun
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 think that's why it's...