We take a closer look at the ever-shifting and expanding middle grade category, including some of the latest developments in fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and more.

Inside Indie Bookstores: Selling Middle Grade Books

We survey six bookstores at the forefront of getting books into the hands of young readers and their guardians.


Booksellers Share Tips for Selling and Publishing Middle Grade

Five tips from indie booksellers on selling books to middle grade readers, as well as five tips for publishers on creating books that kids want to read.


An Ever-Growing Demand for Middle Grade Graphic Novels

As the market for middle grade graphic novels continues to expand, young readers are snapping up a wide array of books by diverse creators working in all genres.


Chad Sell on Building a Comics Career

PW speaks with the graphic novel creator about his debut, The Cardboard Kingdom, and his path to publication.


What’s the Next Big Middle Grade Graphic Novel?

We asked some of our experts what middle grade graphic novels they are looking forward to in the next year or so.