A snowman and a girl strike up an unlikely friendship as they work to end to the longest winter ever in The Snowman Code, by Simon Stephenson and Reggie Brown.
Browsing: ages 8 & up
Every year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great additions to your holiday library. These Christmas Books were released in 2025.
Each year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of middle grade books that make great gifts. The following are middle grade books published in 2025.
Two girls. Two different realities. One big adventure. The Planet, The Portal, and a Pizza, by Wendy Mass and Nora Raleigh Baskin is now on shelves.
Lauren Tarshis returns with the 25th book in her popular historical fiction I Survived series with I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935.
A boy struggles to keep his family together while facing the side effects of bull riding in Holding on For Dear Life, by Dusti Bowling.
Get to know the artist behind Smile, Sisters and Guts in Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier.
A girl discovers that not only are dragons real, but she is one, in Dragonborn, a middle-grade fantasy novel by Struan Murray.
A challenge from her little brother and a Chinese fable inspire a girl to embrace bravery on her band trip to London in The Invincible List of Lani Li.
A boy unexpectedly bonds with an octopus he rescues in Three Blue Hearts, a middle-grade novel by Lynne Kelly.