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@margueritesauvage.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 8:57 PM

I haven’t posted comics pages for a while, that’s because I’ve been working with these 3 girls: meet Charlotte, Emma and Harper! More soon: DRAWING ATTENTION for #01firstsecond - #middlegrade #graphicnovel, fall 2027 📚
With the best of team including @mustachebabs.com & Ivan Taurisano & Britt Siess

@elysiarourke.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 8:50 PM

TAKE THE SOUNDBOARD AWAYYYYY

But also, come see me @CanConSFFH this weekend. I'm on the panel, "Networking 101" on Friday at 5:30pm and will be signing copies of #WHALEFALL on Saturday at 2:00pm!

Happy One Month!

#amwriting #ottawaauthor #cancon #middlegrade

@hejparry.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 6:12 PM

Every Wednesday (erm Thursday!), I will post a children’s book I’ve enjoyed.

If you’ve read it too, or you want to share another book, join in!

Kòkú Àkànbí: The Heart of Midnight, by Maria Motúnráyò Àdébísí, illus by Simone Douglas.

Alt text for why I like it.

#ukkidlit #kidlituk #middlegrade

Photograph of my hand holding a copy of Kòkú Àkànbí: The Heart of Midnight, by Maria Motúnráyò Àdébísí, illustrated by Simone Douglas, against a red wall. The cover illustration shows a boy in a hoodie, half black and half red, holding out his hand while behind him a hyena runs past. Twisting around the edges are shadowy black hands.
Well this was a delight! After accidentally unleashing a demon on a school trip, Kòkú is sent off to his birthplace, the Yoruba land of Olori, which he hasn’t set foot in since his mother died.
Good news! Olori is full of magic!
Bad news! Night has been almost entirely banished, so plants and animals are dying.
Soon Kòkú is on a quest to restore darkness. With warrior Móremí and shapeshifter Òșóòsí, he faces ancient monsters, while fleeing assassins and struggling to control his own shadowy powers.
It’s not often that a fantasy adventure is funny as well as exciting, Kòkú’s deadpan narrative made me, a curmudgeon, lol repeatedly. I loved the voices of Motúnráyò Àdébísí’s characters, so lively and full of personality, Kòkú’s gradual discovery of himself, and the use of Yoruban mythology. It's original and fun and just brilliantly done. One of those books you want to press into people's hands.
I can’t remember which wise person recommended it to me, but thank you! Now, I recommend it wholeheartedly to you.

@lisapara.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 4:37 PM

Check out this awesome spooky twist on Wizard of Oz just in time for Halloween! 🎃
#Kickstarter #Writers #MiddleGrade #Books #BookSky

@birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 3:44 PM

"Not just a #fairytale #retelling , but an #action #adventure that shows #kids the power of #selfbelief , facing challenges, and good decision-making" - Suzy Davies #author

www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Red-Cap... #LittleRedRidingHood #fantasy #middlegrade #doglover #wintersport #awardwinning #bookrec

@sam-mccauley.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 12:59 PM

Striped Bandits Episode 24 | Page 48
#Webcomic #MiddleGrade #Humor

@dnlazar.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 10:49 AM

Continuing my little story in the style of middle grade book illustration.

Prompt 1: Camp #scbwiartober2026
Prompt 2: Lady #inktober2026

#inktober #inktoberlady
#scbwiartober
#illustration #kidlitart #addkidlitart #middlegrade #chapterbook
#tradart #artshare

Young girl wearing t-shirt and shorts is sitting on the ground eating cookies in a very lady-like pose. Behind her a boy is taping the relic she found to something he holds in his lap.

@bookmarkandburn.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 6:30 AM

What's the one book you'd recommend to a 12- or 13-year-old to get them hooked on reading? 📚 Looking for your favorite middle-grade adventures, fantasy worlds, mysteries, and graphic novels. Share your must-read pick!

#BookSky #MiddleGrade #BookRecommendations

@birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 6:27 PM

#middlegrade

www.amazon.com/Housie-Mousi... #naturelovers #animallovers #adventuresky #kindness #wellbeing #helpingothers #selflessness #dontbeselfish #caring #togetherness #inspirational #inspirechildrensbooks #christmasstory #schristmastide #christmasdecor #christmastime #christmas #gifts #read

@carterboonebooks.com Oct 14, 2026, 2:04 PM

Halloween, 1994. The best part of Halloween: a porch light left on, a door that opened, a warm house glad you came back.

That’s the whole wish at the center of Runaway Home—a family, a place to call home.

#1994 #90s #halloween #foundfamily #middlegrade #mglit #kidlit #bookstagram #cozy #amwriting

@thelegendoflumani.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 10:23 PM

New here? Welcome to The Legend of Lumani 📖
Behind the wall is Camp Seven — and a boy with weird eyes who has never been outside the gate.
Chapters 1–10 free: thelegendoflumani.com/start-reading/
#fantasy #middlegrade #kidlit

@andersedwards.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 10:21 PM

Kids are growing up in two worlds: the one we can see, and the one happening behind their screens.

Kingdom Forge is a middle-grade adventure about gaming, friendship, and learning when an online friendship starts to feel wrong.

#middlegrade #kidlit #books #onlinesafety

@reader-views.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 1:01 PM

How do you calm anger that comes from inside and outside? Sophie Moon and the Boat is a middle-grade story about bullying and big feelings, with a boat, a Grandpa, and pictures in every chapter. buff.ly/5R6Qn3Y #BookSky #MiddleGrade

@brianmcl.com Oct 13, 2026, 1:00 PM

Hello #PortfolioDay. Among other things, I make creepy kids' illustrations and comics.
#GraphicNovel #MiddleGrade #Comics

It's sunset. The sky awash in orange lit grey clouds also reflected in a brown apartment building's windows. In the foreground, a black kid is hopping a wooden fence, but hesitating as they spot something glowing green on the other side. Behind him an Asian and South Asian girl cling on to a ladder from a fire escape that's come to life as a centipede. Up near the top of the ladder a white kid is trying to stay on the centipede stairs while its tail comes down from off panel in a menacing way.

In a graffiti-filled alley, the letters of the wildstyle Monster have come to life as clawed hands. One grabs and turns upside down a punk kid who clutches a golden key with a skull head. Two more kids race to help him. Another clawed hand reaches for the approaching kids.

In a park in the rain, people enjoy a sculpture garden. Two kids run through having fun, a couple in the background look at a large abstract piece. In the foreground a small black boy in purple and yellow looks at a dragon statue, a white woman in floral print dress and sandals stand behind him with a large mind green umbrella that matches the flowers on her dress, and her sandals. The bottom half of the piece reflects the scene but the woman's reflection is a lumpy, pale ghoul with purple glowing eyes reaching for the black boy with wriggly fingers. The boy, who has a flipped up lid baseball cap with the word Herc written on it if reflected as Help in the puddles.

Two middle graders hold a light blue skeleton with a mosaic texture. They look up at a casually striding green skeleton in a white suit who glares back at them with mild annoyance. He has red candles on his shoulders that drip down his suit. On his head, like an antlered headdress with a central tower are more red candles. They cast an orange glow on him and the kids and the base of a staircase which leads up to a very tall set of doors. Cascading down the stairs, following after the dapper skeleton is a pile of gold coins with assorted gold framed paintings, keys, goblets etc. The staircase has stone statues along the sides at the top, of armoured figures with long hair and skull faces. A skylight shows it's night time outside.

@alpacasbookshelf.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 9:44 AM

Hi #PortfolioDay!

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

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

🖥️ www.alpacasbookshelf.com
✉️[email protected]

A collection of 4 illustrations.

Top left: This is a mock cover intended for middle grade for the short story The Book of Beasts, from The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit. A young king is incredulous to discover that by opening The Book of Beasts to the page that described dragons a dragon actually appeared and is now flying overhead.
Top right: This is a mock cover intended for middle grade for the The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit. Three kids look on towards a large castle in the distance nestled between some rocks, from a terrace that they just got to by following a path created by cypress trees. To the right of the castle there is a waterfall. The kids are awed by the sight of the castle. At one of the castle's windows we also see a dark haired figure.
Bottom left: "This is an illustration intended for middle grade, in black and white.
A young detective is investigating the source of the clue she found earlier, a ripped label with the letters ""loons""; could it be balloons?She questions the boy she sees with some balloons to try to find out what they are for and why her father bought them without telling her."
Bottom right: "This is an illustration intended for middle grade, in black and white.
A young detective is investigating the source of the clue she found earlier, a ripped label with the letters ""loons""; could it be balloons? She follows the boy she sees carrying balloons to try to find out what they are for and why her father bought them without telling her."

@pragmaticmom.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 10:05 PM

buff.ly/IprfQdv via @pragmaticmom @readyourworld.bsky.social

#ReadYourWorld #free #KidLit #picturebook #middlegrade #YA

@susanuhlig.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 4:07 PM

For Marvelous Middle Grade Monday I have a retelling of a classic. LITTLE MONSTERS by Máire Roche. As you can guess from the cover, it has quite the twist!
susanuhlig.com/2026/10/litt...

#amreading #middlegrade #bookboost

@sam-mccauley.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 3:53 PM

Striped Bandits Episode 23 | Page 45
#Webcomic #MiddleGrade #Humor

@carterboonebooks.com Oct 12, 2026, 3:27 PM

There are a handful of objects and images that appear, often more than once. Motifs add meaning, and help create the unique world of the story.

What’s a motif that’s stuck with you from a book or film?

#amwriting #writingcraft #motif #middlegrade #kidlit #onwriting #bookstagram #historicalfiction

@elysiarourke.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 10:48 PM

Baby's first podcast! Check out Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom to hear all about #WhaleFall, including my favourite facts about #killerwhales! 🩵🫍🩵

#authorpodcast #middlegrade #teacherrecommendatio.