It’s Friday again, and that means it’s time for another episode of Fangirling on Friday. This week’s topic is Children’s Books, in honor of Dr. Seuss. This weekly meme is hosted by Books in the Skye.
I saw on Twitter the other day that Dr. Seuss was rejected several times. He was about ready to give up, when he ran into a friend of his who had just started a publishing business. If he had been walking on the other side of the street, we might never have heard of Dr. Seuss.
I don’t read a lot of children’s books (unless you count YA, which I don’t) so today I’ll talk a little bit about an author that my boy absolutely adores and another one that I’m currently reading that I think he’s going to love. The author that my boy adores (he’s 12) is Lauren Magaziner. She’s the author of Wizardmatch, Case Closed, and The Only Thing Worse than Witches. These are all Middle Grade books.
For the longest time, my boy would only read Minecraft books. Like most kids, he loves Minecraft. I couldn’t get him to read anything else. Anyway, I found out that Goodreads has Middle Grade lists just like they have YA lists, and I got this book for him from the library. He’s since loved every book that he’s read from this author.
Right now I’m reading The Land of Yesterday by K.A. Reynolds. I’m only about 25% done with the book, but I’m pretty sure this is a book that my boy will love.
In addition to the gorgeous cover, this book is pretty funny. My boy loves funny. The girl lives in a town called Hungrig (which means hungry in German). They have a neighbor called Mr. Curmudgeon. This book is all sorts of cute and I’ll definitely have to recommend this book to my boy.
I also happen to be pretty happy that I actually convinced our library to buy this book. I buy a lot of books, but I can’t buy them all, and since my library bought it, other girls and boys will get to read this one after my boy and I are done with it.
Do you have any book recommendations for my boy? He reads the occasional YA book, but he still enjoys a lot of middle grade books. He likes funny books with magic in them.
Next week I’m supposed to write about badass heroines. See you then!