First-- come to Kidlitcon 2017! Hershey PA, Nov 3-4. The Early Bird registration rate ends September 24. (If you want to come, but would like a hotel room-mate to help with the costs, let me know and I can try to match you up with another (perfectly sane, not ax-murdering) children's book fan! Or bring your whole family, and send the rest of them to Hershey while you talk books!)
We have an amazing line up of children's book folks coming (see the end of the program for the whole list). At Kidlitcon, you actually get to socialize with the authors, and it's pretty great! Perhaps because I am the program organizer, there are a number of wonderful MG fantasy authors:
Tracey Baptiste The Jumbies (Algonquin Young Readers, 2015) and Rise of the Jumbies (2017)
Caroline Carlson The World’s Greatest Detective (2017 HarperCollins), The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates (HarperCollins)
Jen Swann Downey Ninja Librarians series (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky)
Celeste Lim The Crystal Ribbon (Scholastic, 2017)
Laurie McKay Villain Keeper series (HarperCollins)
David Neilsen Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom (Crown Books 2016) and Beyond the Doors (Crown Books 2017)
Mike Rubens Emily and the Spellstone (Clarion 2017)
Eric Wight Frankie Pickle series (Simon and Schuster)
The Reviews
The Adventurers Guild, by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos, at Reads All the Books
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting, by Joe Ballarini, at Jean Little Library and The Write Stuff
Can I Get There by Candlelight? by Jean Slaughter Doty, at Time Travel Times Two
Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate, at The Children's Book Review
The Crooked Sixpence, by Jennifer Bell, at Sharon the Librarian
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head, by Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester, at The Children's Book Review
Curse of the Werewolf Boy, by Chris Priestly, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Darkness of Dragons, by Tui T. Sutherland, at Hidden in Pages
The Daybreak Bond, by Megan Frazer Blakemore, at Batch of Books
Deadzone (Horizon #2), by Jennifer Nielsen, at Black Plume
The Dollmaker of Krakow, by R.M. Romero, at Literary Aliteration
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding, by Alexandra Bracken, at Story Notions
The Empty Grave, by Jonathan Stroud, at Log Cabin Library
The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen, at That's Another Story
Giant Trouble, by Ursula Vernon, at Puss Reboots
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, at The Book Smugglers
The Gravedigger's Son, by Patrick Moody, at Say What?
Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, at Puss Reboots (a road narrative deconstruction)
The List, by Patricia Forde, at The Write Path
Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded, by Sage Blackwood, at Say What?
Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, by R.A. LaFevers (series review) at Milliebot Reads
The Painting, by Charis Cotter, at Falling Letters
The Peacock Door by Wanda Kay Knight, at I Heart Reading
Quests for Glory, by Soman Chainani, at B. and N. Kids Blog
The Raven God, by Alane Adams, at Nicsthebibliophile
The Rise of the Jumbies, by Tracey Babtiste, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Tentacle and Wing, by Sarah Porter, at Weezie's Whimsical Writing
Tumble and Blue, by Cassie Beasley, at B. and N. Kids Blog
Wanted: A Superhero to Save the World, by Bryan Davis, at Page Dreaming
Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate, at Cherry Blossoms and Maple Syrup
The Wizards of Once, by Cressida Cowell, at The Gaurdian
York, by Laura Ruby, at Semicolon
Authors and Interviews
Tracey Babtiste (Rise of the Jumbies) at Publishers Weekly, B. and N. Kids Blog, and From the Mixed Up Files
Soman Chainani (Quests for Glory), at B. and N. Kids Blog
Laurel Gale (Monster, Human, Other) at Word Spelunking
Catherynne M. Valente (The Glass Town Game) at Yayomg
Other Good Stuff
A passel of middle grade fantasy recommendations at Project Mayhem
An interesting look at The Hobbit from the perspective of a child reader, at Tor
Cybils nominations will be open October 1-15; nominate books published between October 16, 2016-October 15, 2018 in a wide variety of categories (you get one nomination in each category). At Always in the Middle Greg shares some eligible Elementary/Middle grade speculative fiction books he's considering.
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