Abby the Librarian

It's been a blast concentrating on reading middle grade books this month. Now that I'm not a youth specialist anymore, it's easy...

Save the restaurant, save the world. Okay, not really, but it feels that way to Arturo in The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Carta...

Whew! What a month it has been! I don't know about you, but I have really cherished the time I spent this month dedicating my reading to...

You guys. This book. My heart. I just... This is one not to miss if you've got kids asking questions about social justice or things they...

A great middle grade mystery story puts child heroes into the position where they are the only ones who can solve the mystery. Sometimes i...

This fourth week of #MiddleGradeMay is all about those debut authors and there have already been some FANTASTIC debut books coming out this ...

I do not actually buy a lot of books. When you're a librarian, you don't always need to. We are surrounded by free books. But when I...

Here's a backlist title for #MiddleGradeMay and I'm kicking myself because it took me so long to pick it up. I've recently read ...

It's the third week of #MiddleGradeMay and we're almost halfway through the month. I hope you've found some awesome middle grade...

Crushes. Remember how confusing it was to figure out crushes? Maybe you had them and didn't know how to talk about it. Maybe your friend...