Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

A FEW MONTHS ago, we considered reading by 9 months. How about reading by 19 years? That’s the daunting task facing middle and high school teachers who increasingly encounter illiterate teen-agers. It ...

Walker Books has snapped up Maddie Frost’s debut middle-grade novel, Really Rubie, the first in a new illustrated series.

Brian And Tiffany Aske of Oakland, Calif., desperately want their daughter, Ashlyn, to succeed in first grade. That's why they're moving--to Washington State. When they started Ashlyn in kindergarten ...

In these title close-ups, authors and editors share their thoughts on creating books within the burgeoning middle grade subgenre of mythology-inspired fantasy-adventures. For more insights on this ...

If you had to leave your home at a moment's notice, what would you take with you? Sidiqa Sidiqi tells NPR's Don Gonyea she concealed her first grade textbooks when she fled Kabul. If you had to leave ...

There’s a kind of inferiority complex at work in the middle-grade market, which is sometimes perceived as receiving less attention and respect than its YA older sibling (which, in turn, has its own ...

Bruised is a YA novel about Daya Wijesinghe, a teen girl who navigates first love and identity after a family tragedy. After a tragic accident results in the death of her parents, Daya has taken to ...

Elaine Hsieh Chou’s latest release is the story collection “Where Are You Really From.” A Southern California native, the ...