MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
Welcome to the debut issue of Middle Shelf: Cool Reads for Kids. I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing new endeavor. Good books have the power to entertain, to spark imaginations, and to transform lives, which is precisely why Middle Shelf came into being. We want to connect middle grade readers with the very best books, whether they are on the best-seller lists, published by small and indie presses, or self-published. What will you find in this issue? First, Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of many popular books for kids and teens, gives us a glimpse into the latest book in her The Missing series. Gilbert Ford and Nicole de las Heras discuss how they worked together to create the cover for Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, who is interviewed in this issue as well.
Welcome to the debut issue of Middle Shelf: Cool Reads for Kids. I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing new endeavor. Good books have the power to entertain, to spark imaginations, and to transform lives, which is precisely why Middle Shelf came into being. We want to connect middle grade readers with the very best books, whether they are on the best-seller lists, published by small
and indie presses, or self-published. What will you find in this issue? First, Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of many popular books for kids and teens, gives us a glimpse into the latest book in her The Missing series. Gilbert Ford and Nicole de las Heras discuss how they worked together to create the cover for Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, who is interviewed in this issue as well.
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poetry<br />
Crazy About Basketball<br />
by Loris Lesynski, Illustrated<br />
by Gerry Rasmussen<br />
Annick Press<br />
http://www.annickpress.com/<br />
Ages 8-12<br />
P R E M I E R E I S S U E : F A L L 2 0 1 3<br />
Basketball = Life<br />
the world is made<br />
of bounce and aim<br />
basketball’s<br />
not just a game<br />
in every little cell alive<br />
you’ll find a move,<br />
a bounce, a jive<br />
atoms vibrate all the time<br />
in people, puppies,<br />
trees, and slime<br />
a grain of sand<br />
a drop of blood<br />
a gasp of air<br />
a blob of mud<br />
everything has<br />
bounce inside it<br />
even rocks<br />
although they hide it<br />
everything<br />
you’ll ever know<br />
is always moving,<br />
on the go<br />
the universe?<br />
this brilliant game?<br />
they sometimes seem<br />
a lot the same
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