Category: Middle Grade


On today’s episode, Adam interviews Jon Scieszka and Steven-Weinberg about their new children’s book series ASTRONUTS! They chat about creating this unique and incredible story together while Adam asks about working with family (Jon is Steven’s father-in-law). Adam then has to ask about The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the 3 Little […]

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Posted on: December 30, 2019 Category:


We’re excited to share our brand new 2020 reading challenge! In this episode, we explain each of the following challenges in depth. Be sure to subscribe to hear upcoming episodes loaded with recommendations. You can find the form to fill out at professionalbooknerds.com or on our pinned tweet over at @ProBookNerds on Twitter. Be sure […]

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Posted on: December 23, 2019 Category:


On today’s episode, Adam sits down with Dan Haring and MarcyKate Connolly to discuss their wonderful middle-grade novel, The Star Shepherd. This action-packed book is loaded with wonder, falling stars, pirates, and flying robots, and incredible illustrations by Dan. They discuss is day job in visual effects and how they collaborated to bring this story […]

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Posted on: September 9, 2019 Category:


Working with libraries and schools, we think about back to school time every year around our office. To shake it up, we’re talking a bit about some of our favorite MAGIC schools in literature!   Book mentioned in this episode The Summoner Series by Taran Matharu All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane […]

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Posted on: August 15, 2019 Category:


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