Through the Looking Glass is my favorite too! Ooh I think I’m going to try to pick up East soon. Yay always happy to see some love for Two Princesses! And you’re making me so excited to reread Princess Academy. Definitely want to hear your middle grade contemporary recs! 😄 I also have a middle grade rec video I filmed and it is...very long 😅 maybe I should have split it up but I got so excited! LOL Hope you and your family are keeping safe! ❤️
Wilde Book Garden I hope you enjoy Princess Academy. I think I’ll have my contemporary MG recs out on Friday if I get it filmed in time (homeschooling my kids currently so less filming time). I’m look forward to your recommendations even if it’s a long video!
Y'all are making me want to read some middle grade fiction now! Lol! I've been ears deep in adult fantasy and YA lately, and I always love to have a good middle grade on the side in case I need something different in between the bigger books. :)
There are SOOOO many Middle Grade books I haven't read... The One and Only Ivan sounds fun. A gorilla with elephant friends, so cute! My son and I read that same version of James and the Giant Peach, the pictures were horrible! I love Kate Winslet, so I must listen to that. "Jack, I'm Flying!" LOL. Great recommendations =) How did the Trumpet and the Swan work out??
Victoria James Book Reviews I ended up listening to all those Roald Dahl books so I don’t think I’ve seen the pictures since I was a kid. Kate Winslet does an amazing job narrating! We just finished Trumpet of the Swan yesterday and it was really good. My daughter loves animals so she really liked hearing all the adventures the swan goes through.
He is extremely weird, but I like his weirdness most of the time. But I definitely don't think it's all appropriate for children. I agree that The BFG was perfect in its right amount of weird, funny, and endearing moments.
I love some of these! Just Ella, Roald Dahl, Gail Carson Levine, and Shannon Hale! The rest I'm adding to my TBR. I pulled up Goodreads for that reason as soon as I saw the title of your video 😅
I love Matilda sooo much and I think to me I grew up so much with all of the Roald Dahl books. I did find my 5 year old got scared by the BFG so will wait till he is older till I try again with them 😘
Oh, that's sad that The BFG scared him :( My 5 year old loved it, but she's also really into monsters. Kids are all so different in how they react to those kind of things.
Great recs Kelly! I need to check out Tamora Pierce at some point. There are so many great middle grade authors. I could spend all my time reading middle grade!
