By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books As I mentioned in yesterday’s interview on the blog, my 5-year-old is a bit obsessed with Calef Brown’s new poetry collection, The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems.Read more "My 5-Year-Old Asks Calef Brown Questions about The Ghostly Carousel"
By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist Rebecca Caprara’s debut middle-grade novel, The Magic of Melwick Orchard, centers on 12-year-old Isa, whose family fractures after her little sister Junie is diagnosed with cancer. Her mother falls into a depression, and her father works more and more to combat the mounting medical bills. When Isa finds a magical tree […]Read more "Meet The Magic of Melwick Orchard Author Rebecca Caprara"
By Amy Fitzgerald, Senior Editor I’ve been in a flurry of middle-grade manuscript acquisitions lately, which means I’ve been reading a lot of middle-grade submissions and buying some of my favorites. You’ll see them hitting shelves in a year or two, after the Carolrhoda book-making process has worked its magic. Maybe you’re wondering how I decide […]Read more "3 Key Components of Middle-Grade Novels"