Category: Richard Peck

• Kid Lit 101

  As many of you know, my first passion in the book word is middle grade literature. Though a late reader, I began devouring novels like The Babysitters-Club Series as they were published and ghost stories by Betty Ren Wright in fourth grade, but by sixth grade I was ready for more. I fell in love…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 19, 2018

  authorship, books, CURRENT EVENTS, goals, Gothic, inspiration, jobs, Katherine Paterson, LIFE, literature, middle grade, novels, READING, Richard Peck, teens, Terabithia, WRITING, young adult

  bookseller, Carrie Dalby, children’s literature, free workshop, Gothic, historical fiction, literature, middle grade, teen books, WRITING

• All for Love: A Middle Grade Reader Romance

  In celebration of attending my first SCBWI conference this weekend, I’d like to share my love of literature with you. I’ve been reading middle grade novels since I was of age—I never grew out of the genre. Even though I thought I was writing a young adult novel, on the sixth draft I discovered it…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 17, 2012

  Avi, banned books, blog, books, CORRODED, editing, Geeks, historical, inspiration, Katherine Paterson, L’Engle, Laurie Halse Anderson, library, literature, middle grade, Newbery, novels, poetry, READING, Richard Peck, Terabithia, WRITING

• Reading by the Numbers

  This morning I went out with the kidlets and friends on an alligator hunt and spied three gators. It’s always fun to see animals in their natural habitat—especially from a safe vantage point. This was our first week of summer break. Although I’m not officially starting back to homeschooling until mid-July, I’ve started the middle…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 28, 2011

  homeschooling, Katherine Paterson, L’Engle, Laurie Halse Anderson, READING, Richard Peck, Shannon Hale, Terry Brooks, WIP, WRITING