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4 days ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
Soul Machine, by Jordana Globerman, (June 2025, Annick Press), $17.9.9, ISBN: 9781773219592Ages 12+A young woman named Chloe lives with her older sister, Lacey, in a house in the country. Lacey makes breth on her spinning wheel – the raw material needed to craft souls – and frustrates Chloe at her refusal to fully teach her how to make it.
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6 days ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow, so let’s shine the spotlight on some of our middle grade moms. These books are all for the middle graders, but the moms featured are pretty amazing. Darkness and Demon Song, by M.R. Fournet, (June 2025, Square Fish), $9.99, ISBN: 9781250876065Ages 9-12Marius Grey is a tween monster hunter: think of him as one of Supernatural’s Winchester boys with a book rather than enchanted weapons.
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1 week ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
I love a good graphic novel, and I really enjoy DC’s middle grade graphic novels. They make for such a fun handsell to my library kids, who know a lot of the characters from the movie and TV universes, but want more without being overwhelmed by years of continuity. And most importantly: they’re fun, because they star our favorite superheroes as kids! Here are two of the newest books to hit shelves.
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1 week ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells, by Robin Rosenthal, (Feb. 2025, Tundra Books), $17.99, ISBN: 9781774884324Ages 2-5This adorable book packs the excited punch of an over-the-moon Bubbe (that’s grandma, in Yiddish) into every page.
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1 week ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
Ballet Brown, by Bellen Woodard/Illustrated by Fanny Liem, (May 2025, Scholastic), $18.99, ISBN: 9781546134077Ages 4-7Crayon Activist Bellen Woodard loves ballet and how dance is “a conversation with the world”. As she gets older, she’s uncomfortable with the pink shoes, leotards, and pink or white tights – referred to as Ballet Pink – that she has to wear, or the bun she has to “pin and tuck and pull” her afro into.
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2 weeks ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
Maybe Just Ask Me!, by Katie Mazeika, (April 2025, Beach Lane Books), $16.99, ISBN: 9781665949897Ages 4-8Mazie is excited about starting at her new school and making new friends. She wears her prettiest eye patch and favorite scarf, and she’s ready to answer any questions her classmates may have… but the silence is deafening, and Mazie feels self-conscious.
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2 weeks ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
Werewolf Hamlet, by Kerry Madden-Lunsford, (Feb. 2025, Charlesbridge Moves), $18.99, ISBN: 9781623544331Ages 10-14Okay, for anyone who sees the titles and thinks this is a fun send-up of Shakespeare set in middle school, I promise you that while you may be kind of right, you need to get ready for some tissues. Angus is our 10-year-old narrator, and he is going through some stuff.
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3 weeks ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
Green Jolene and the Neighborhood Swap, by Wendy Mass/Illustrated by Billy Yong, (Feb. 2025, Disney Planet Possible Books), $12.99, ISBN: 9781368107563Ages 7-10Jolene Greenfield is an environmentally conscious rising third grader on summer break and missing her best friend, Amie, who just moved away. As the new neighbors unload their boxes outside Amie’s old home, she takes a minute to consider how much stuff she has: it’s A LOT. How much of it does she still want or need? Not that much.
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3 weeks ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
His friends may be IMAGINARY… but the danger is REAL! Imaginary Heroes by Michael SeidelmanGenre: Middle Grade Fantasy AdventureTwelve-year-old Matthew’s life has been incredibly challenging because of his Tourette Syndrome, a disorder which causes uncontrollable movements and sounds. Isolated and tormented by bullies at school, Matthew finds solace in the company of his lifelong imaginary friends, a lovable green monster and a tough-as-nails little girl.
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3 weeks ago | 
momreadit.com | Rosemary Kiladitis
So-Hee and Lowy, by Anna Kang/Illustrated by Christopher Weyant, (Apr. 2025, Two Lions), $18.99, ISBN: 9781542036658Ages 3-7So-Hee is a kid who desperately wants a pet she can hug, but she’s allergic to just about everything with fur or feathers. She happens upon a big yellow snake at the pet store’s “giant non-furry pet sale” and she brings Lowy home. Weyant’s adorable illustrations show the two becoming friends: sunbathing, going on rides, playing together.
