Give us your Twitter sales pitch: convince us to read Peter Nimble & His Fantastic Eyes in 140 characters or less! This is why I am much more inclined toward the broader tradition of “children’s literature,” which includes all of the above. I agree! (You might even have noticed that I avoided the term altogether in the previous question!) I think it’s a mistake to create genres based on reader age because no two readers are the same. Middle grade can be such a murky moniker, lurking somewhere between children’s lit and YA. When reading a great work of children’s literature, one is forced to read every moment as both a child and an adult, and the tension between these two points of view is where the magic happens. It depends on how you define success, but for me, a successful children’s book is one that inhabits the dual orbits of childhood and adulthood. What do you think makes a successful middle grade novel? You’ll hear me gush more about it in my review tomorrow, but today, Jonathan stops by for an excellent Q&A and some off the cuff drawing. Lately, that book for me is Peter Nimble & His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier. When you read a book that is just ZOMG, this is perfection! that you can’t keep it to yourself and blather about it to friends, family, and perfect strangers alike. September 2015: Anne & Henry by Dawn Ius.September 2014: Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper.September 2013: The Dark Between by Sonia Gensler.September 2012: Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas.September 2011: Fateful by Claudia Gray. September 2010: Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel.October 2015: Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl.October 2013: Unbreakable by Kami Garcia.October 2011: This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel.October 2010: The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan. November 2015: Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young.November 2014: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray.November 2012: The Blessed by Tonya Hurley.November 2011: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi.November 2010: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick.May 2015: The Game of Love & Death by Martha Brockenbrough.May 2013: The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy.May 2012: Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin.May 2010: Sucks to Be Me by Kimberly Pauley.March 2015: My Secret Guide to Paris by Lisa Schroeder.March 2011: The Body Finder series by Kimberly Derting.March 2010: The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg.June 2014: The Stepsister’s Tale by Tracy Barrett.July 2014: Brazen by Katherine Longshore.July 2013: The Watchers Series by Veronica Wolff.July 2012: Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear.July 2011: The Revenant by Sonia Gensler.July 2010: The Naughty List by Suzanne Young.February 2015: I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios.February 2013: The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd.February 2012: A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton.February 2011: Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg.
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