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Reading Middle Grade | Find the Best Books for Middle Schoolers

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Discover the best book lists and reviews covering a wide range of books from picture books, middle grade, YA, and more.

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Best Bookstores and Libraries to Follow on TikTok

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Best Bookstores and Libraries to Follow on TikTok

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Leah Rachel von Essen reviews genre-bending fiction for Booklist, and writes regularly as a senior contributor at Book Riot. Her blog While Reading and Walking has over 10,000 dedicated followers over several social media outlets, including Instagram. She writes passionately about books in translation, chronic illness and bias in healthcare, queer books, twisty SFF, and magical realism and folklore. She was one of a select few bookstagrammers named to NewCity's Chicago Lit50 in 2022. She is an avid traveler, a passionate fan of women's basketball and soccer, and a lifelong learner. Twitter: @reading_while
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By now, most bookworms have at least heard of BookTok. Many of us follow amazing creators, authors, and reviewers who give us ideas for which book we should pick up next from our local indie or library.

But what about the providers of those books? Across the United States, and truly, around the world, the co-owners and booksellers of independent bookshops, and the hard-working librarians who apparently don't have enough to deal with, are taking the time to make their own original, fun, entertaining content.

Learn more about how libraries operate and what resources they have up their sleeves, follow a Black-owned bookstore as it makes its way towards opening its doors, laugh at how hard you relate to the familiar troubles and tribulations of your friendly indie bookworms, and connect with book lovers from all over the world by following these 17 amazing bookstores and libraries on our favorite app.
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Bookstores

Catch updates from the biggest indie in Texas: Book People, a gigantic, beautiful bookstore in Austin, Texas, that posts everything from bookstore maintenance to their takes on trending memes.
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Libraries

Weston Public Library (located in Weston, Massachusetts) is one of my favorite accounts because they have these ultra-satisfying videos of them laminating or re-laminating the books in their collection!

Want more BookTok content? Check out our other recommendations - from 20 of TikTok's favorite nonfiction reads to a look at whether BookTok's reign is easing up.

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The Best Bookstores and Libraries to Follow on TikTok

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Connect with book lovers all over the world by following 17 of the best bookstores and libraries on TikTok.

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Helping parents, educators, and kids find the best middle grade books for their kids and classrooms.

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Book Résumés help teachers, librarians, parents, and community members defend books from censorship. They detail each title's significance and educational value and are easy to share with administrators, book review committees, elected officials, and board members.

Bookmark this page! Thousands of library books face censorship, so new book résumés are added on a regular basis.

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A new free resource to support librarians, educators, parents, students, and other community advocates in their efforts to keep frequently challenged books on shelves.

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2: Possibilities of the Middle Grade Genre (w/ Afoma Umesi)

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Welcome to In the MIDst: A Kid’s Lit Podcast where two neurodivergent nerds discuss all things middle grade literature. Transcripts, Book Lists, and Abstract Citations: bit.ly/ITMdrive

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Hey YA! A Young Adult Books Podcast From Book Riot: Listen Now

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From great new books to classic reads, from news to the latest on-screen adaptations, keep up with the world of young adult lit with the Hey YA podcast!

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Kidlit These Days is your kidlit connoisseurs pairing the best of children's literature with what's going on in the world today.

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I am an elementary teacher in Mid-Michigan. I love making videos about my life as a book loving educator.

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Follow Authors, Publishers and Independent Bookstores, and Kidlit Bibliophiles on Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, etc. 

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Follow Authors, Publishers and Independent Bookstores, and Kidlit Bibliophiles on Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, etc. 

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Welcome to the MG Book Village!

This is a place for the Middle Grade community to connect, share, learn, discuss, inspire, embolden, comfort, assist, and do all the countless other things strong communities do for its members.

This is all of our village, so if there is something that you think is missing or that you would like to see added, please don't hesitate to contact us. And please reach out if you'd like to get involved. We welcome guest posts from anyone and everyone - including, of course, kids!

Happy reading,

MG Book Village Team

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Banner art by Gina Perry.

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Welcome to the MG Book Village! This is a place for the Middle Grade community to connect, share, learn, discuss, inspire, embolden, comfort, assist, and do all the countless other things strong communities do for its members. This is all of our village, so if there is something that you think is missing or that...

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Welcome to the Books Between Podcast! I believe that a book can change the trajectory of a child's life. And I want to help you connect kids with those amazing, life-shaping books and bring you inspiring (and fun!) conversations with the authors and educators who make that magic happen.

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Book trailers, author interviews, and animated features, oh my! 🦁🐯🐻 We're the kids division of Penguin Random House, the world's largest trade book publisher.

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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, WNDB aims to create a world where every reader can find themselves in the pages of a book. To reach this goal, we've created programs to mentor diverse writers and illustrators, support diverse publishing professionals, and provide books to classrooms nationwide.

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Bookopolis is a safe online community for young readers to share their favorite books and discover new ones

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22 Best Kid Lit Blogs to Follow (Best Children’s Book Bloggers)

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These 22 best kid lit blogs are perfect for kid lit lovers. They have a MASSIVE archive of middle-grade & picture book reviews and author interviews.

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The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

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More than 100 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. When you find a book at this site, please purchase it here. Our titles are linked to Bookshop. A portion of your book purchase helps sustain our work. New Releases Activism and Organizing Africa Afro-Latinx American Indians Arabs […]

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Read age-appropriate book reviews for kids and parents written by our experts.