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I wanted to write an online-safety book that didn’t feel like an online-safety lecture.

So I wrote Kingdom Forge: quests, dragons, floating castles, bad jokes, rare loot... and one online friendship that slowly becomes something much more dangerous.

#middlegrade #kidlit #gaming #onlinesafety

The oversized army jacket Alex is wearing? It belonged to someone she lost, and she hasn't taken it off in four years. I love how one article of clothing can do so much work in a story: Characterization, theme, motif.

#kidlit #middlegrade #selfpublish #indieauthor #fosterkids #runaways #coverart

POV: the kid who's been cruel to you all year is home sick.

Do you gloat? Or grab the soup?

Noah picks soup. Not because Liam earned it—but because he didn't.

That's the kind of courage nobody talks about.

#YABooks #MiddleGrade # Get yours: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H991F79D

Donna Barba Higuera’s Firesnake arrives in Spanish as Serpiente de Fuego on Oct. 6. On a colony world, Itzel receives a message from Earth—thought destroyed centuries ago—and learns other humans survived. #SciFi #MiddleGrade https://books.google.com/books/about/Firesnake.html?id=zSer0QEACAAJ

What in the spooky season is going on here?

#scbwi #illustration #middlegrade #kidlit #kidlitart #spotillustration

In Erin Entrada Kelly's The Second Life of Snap, a laid-off father gets an aging robot as severance pay. His daughter befriends it, but its battery is dying. #SciFi #MiddleGrade https://reactormag.com/middle-grade-sff-for-young-readers-and-the-young-at-heart/

And here she is: This is Alex, and this is Runaway Home — a middle grade novel out April 2027. Twelve years old, in a jacket that used to belong to someone she lost, standing by a river in West Virginia in 1994.

Cover by the wonderful Caterina Baldi. #middlegrade #kidlit #indiewriter #coverart

Artists! Post your sketch vs final! 💙

Instead of bringing back old work like Jen, I'm sharing my latest piece, a semi-spooky one drawn for this month (October 2026) in particular.

#MG #middleGrade #spooky #goblins #spookyMG

Happy #Kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an experienced illustrator in Pittsburgh looking for projects. You can see my work at johnhinderliter.com.
#illustration #kidlitart #picturebook #middlegrade

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day!

I love drawing and painting outdoor scenes, goofy characters, and anything with clouds - I'm currently seeking representation.

You can see the rest of my work here www.adamdehusart.com

#kidlitArt #Childrensillustration #middleGrade #halloween

Striped Bandits Episode 18 | Page 36
#funny #webcomics #middlegrade

A former Olympic hopeful spends a winter trying to turn eight talented, very different skiers into a team, injuries and rivalries included. Salty Pretzels is a fast, plot-driven middle-grade read built for kids who want sports and heart. buff.ly/kSSPH0H #BookSky #MiddleGrade

🌊Chantilly Blue's hunger to know where she came from becomes stronger by the day after she is given a piece of lace and a Life Story Book.

🔎It's a start, but it leaves Illy with more questions than answers...

#middlegrade #kidlit #fiction #childrensfiction #socialwork #fostercare #bibliotherapy

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I'm Alina, a Romanian children's book illustrator and I've been updating my portfolio with classic book covers.

I'm available for #middlegrade #picturebooks #earlyreader illustration projects.

Seeking representation.