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Reading in The Middle — 106 episodes · page 1 of 2
Bunns Rabbit Returns! A Conversation with Oscar-Winning Storyteller Alan Barillaro
Sunny Gets to Work: Big Dreams, Hard Work & Finding Your Way
Shifa Saltagi Safadi on Sisters Alone, Kareem Between & Winning the National Book Award
Robin Easter on Middle School Monsters and Finding Your Pack
Once a Wasteland: Diane Muldrow and Amy Jindra Hodgson on Healing Cuyahoga Valley
Judith Jacques on Gardenland: Friendship, Inclusion & Belonging
Little Monsters with Máire Roche | A Spooky Little Women Reimagining
Ghost in the Night with Tiffany D. Jackson
Ticket to Mars Author Kieran Fanning | Reading in the Middle Podcast
T. C. Kemper on The Ginghams | A Spooky Middle Grade Mystery About Friendship & Conformity
Christina Diaz Gonzalez on Offside: Soccer, Friendship, and Gender Equity
Emma Otheguy on Adventure in the City of Stories, Pura Belpré, and the Power of Books
Winsome Bingham on On Fridays, Honoring Elders, Grief, and Giving People Their Flowers
The Spark Experiment: Matt Manning & Matt Loux on Friendship, STEM, Creativity & Middle Grade Adventure | Reading in the Middle
Jason Douglas on Jane American: Family History, Courage, and a Ringo Award-Winning Graphic Novel
What Makes a Good Leader? Trevor B. Spisto on The Tiger and the Crane | Reading in the Middle
Exploring Japan Through Graphic Novels with Matthew Loux | My Journey to Japan: Escape to Yokai Mountain | Reading in the Middle
Matthew J. Gilbert on The New Norm, Stranger Things, and Writing for Middle Grade Readers | Reading in the Middle
Slaying Dragons, Finding Courage: Candace Lee & Eric Newman on George Goodwin, Dragon Slayer
Reading in the Middle: Diane Debrovner & Stacy Cervenka on Roxie in Color, Disability Representation, Art, and Middle School Identity
The Star of Moon Village Author Jennifer Ann Richter on STEM, Space Travel, Friendship & Fame | Reading in the Middle Podcast
Hope, Climate Science, and Storytelling with Danica Novgorodoff & Meera Subramanian
Ghosts, Friendship & Finding Your Voice with Megan Wynne | The Spirit of Loughmoe Abbey | Reading in the Middle
Christopher Bodmann on the *Kid Comet* Books, Writing Superheroes, and Middle Grade Storytelling
Philip Stead Interview: A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic | Reading in the Middle
The Adventures of Toby Baxter Series Explained | Tim Wright Interview | Middle Grade Fantasy Books
Middle Grade Fantasy Author Interview: Chip Reeves on The Authentic Imaginings of Oscar White
Healing After War: KG Mach on Present, Still Missing | Middle Grade Historical Fiction
Decodable Texts, Dyslexia, and Access: A Conversation with Sue Marasciulo
Breakout Author Christina Wyman Interview | Middle Grade Book Release 2026
What Does It Mean to Win? | Donna Galanti on The Secret Winners Club
A Princess, A Heart Witch, and Destiny: Tulip Moody on The Spell That Named Her
Why HBCUs Matter: A Conversation with The HBCU Crew Author Bridgette Hickman
Cracking Codes and Crossing Borders: James Ponti Takes the City Spies to EUROPA
Mystery, Mayhem, and Middle Grade with author, Taryn Souders
Finding Your Power with Judd Winick | Hilo Presents: The Mighty
Mischief, Mood Swings & Middle Grade Magic with Megan McDonald
Talking The Aftermyth with Tracy Wolff
Inside Derrick Barnes’s New Novel The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze: A Conversation on Worth, Talent, and Belonging
Most Anticipating Books for 2026 with Karen Reeder
Talking middle grade books with celebrated author Angie Thomas
Feeling seen with Freddy the Alien authors Jonathan Del Arco & Trisha DiFazio
Talking middle grade books with celebrated author Angie Thomas
Into the Wild Magic with Michelle Knudsen
Laughing, Friendship, and AI: Lance Rubin on Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend
When Friendship Reverses: Rian N. Jenkins on Middle School, First Love & Finding Your Voice
When Friendship Reverses: Rian N. Jenkins on Middle School, First Love & Finding Your Voice
Behind the Curtain: Lindsay Champion on Cast vs. Crew
Carolyn Leiloglou on Creating The Restorationists & Beyond the Far Horizon
Alan Barillaro on Bunns Rabbit
A Conversation with Garrett Ryan Oyama
Crafting the Weird & Wonderful: A Chat with Michael Buckley
Aliens, Laughs, and Creative Chaos with author Kevin Garone
Turning Pages with Kate DiCamillo: From Because of Winn-Dixie to Lost Evangeline
Fold, flap, and roar with Tom Angleberger
Meg Medina | Finding Your Light in the Abyss
Changing How Kids Read: A Conversation with Sarah K. Blodgett, Founder of Noah Text
Escaping the Drawer with Sammy and Annisha
Growing Up Beth with Beth York
Karina Yan Glaser on The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli
Walking in Paws: Ellen Phinney on A Dog and His Boy: The Switch
👽📱 Press 1 for Invasion with J.A. Dauber
Detectives, Spies & Storms: James Ponti’s Middle Grade Mysteries
Standing Up and Speaking Out: Darlene P. Campos on Friendship, Courage, and Ecuadorian History
The Table: Art, Family & Food with Winsome Bingham & Jason Griffin
C.G. Esperanza: Art in Motion
The Art of Becoming: A Sisterhood Story with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Roll the Dice on adventure with author Raj Sidhu
ALA Rewind: Kitty Felde on Mysteries, Civics, and Capitol Hill Lore
The Unraveling: Courage Takes Flight in the Woodland Realm
Loons, Lakes & Big Feelings with Donna Galanti
Episode 34: A Conversation with Ambreen Butt-Hussain
Episode 33: Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane with K.E. Lewis
Episode 32: Malcolm Lives with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Episode 31: So Over Sharing with Elissa Brent Weissman
Episode 30: Forest Magic & Bug Pooters: A Conversation with Susie Spikol
Episode 29: Ben Guterson on Mystery, Magic, and the Power of Quiet Stories
Episode 28: Frenemies, Campfires & Cartooning with author and illustrator Liz Montague
Episode 27: Waves, Words & Big Feelings: Author, Bobbie Pyron on Octopus Moon
Episode 26: Grace Lin & the Gate Between Worlds
Episode 25: The Crow’s Tales: Adventures with Victoria E. Pannell & Thorir Sigfusson
Episode 24: Middle Grade in Full Color: A Conversation with author Emily Barth Isler
Episode 23: Creativity, and Finding Your Voice with author and illustrator Jerry Craft
Episode 22: Bigfoot, Bunk Beds & Big Laughs with author, Julie Ditchburn Patton
Episode 21: Amulets, Bullies & Big Adventures: Author, Donn Swaby on Corey Crumbly and the Lost Amulet
Episode 20: Foxes, Forests & Feelings: A Magical Chat with Aubrey Hartman
Episode 19: A Conversation with Padma Venkatraman
Episode 18: A Conversation with author Melanie Baldwin and Illustrator, Don Mason
Episode 17: A Conversation with author Adam Rosenbaum
Episode 16: A Conversation with Jonathan Todd
Episode 15: A Conversation with Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes
Episode 14: A Conversation with Tricia Springstubb
Episode 13: A Conversation with Emily Bowen Cohen
Episode 12: A Conversation with Tanita S. Davis
Episode 11: Unsinkable Cayenne with Jessica Vitalis
Episode 10: Making Waves in Middle-Grade: A Conversation with Johnnie Christmas
Episode 9: Finding Your Wings with Jennifer Ann Richter, Author of Bird Nerd
Ep. 8: A Conversation with Amalie Jahn
Stop the Struggle, Start the Story -What Makes a Reader Reluctant?
Episode 6: Interview with Nicole D. Collier, Phd