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Middle Grade MattersEp. 84: Dianne K. Salerni (The Tontine Caper) on Writing Humor and an Omniscient NarratorIn this interview, Dianne K. Salerni shares her journey as an author, discussing her latest middle grade novel, The Tontine Caper. The discussion delves into the humorous elements of her work, the role of the omniscient narrator, and the importance of character development. Dianne also addresses the challenges of writing shorter novels for middle grade readers and the evolving landscape of children's literature. She concludes with valuable advice for aspiring writers, emphasizing the importance of reading and persevering through the writing process.For bonus content and info on upcoming episodes, subscribe to the Middle Grade Matters newsletter...2025-05-0650 min
Getting to The Heart of Why We WriteAn Inspirational Publishing Journey, Inciting Excitement, and Opening Doors with Author Jessica StremerI’d like to introduce you to author Jessica Stremer for today’s episode! I’ve known Jessica since the very beginning of my kidlit journey. She was part of one of my first critique groups back in 2020. She quite literally helped shape my manuscript for my published picture book and many others.
I had the joy of seeing many of the manuscripts she brought for critiques become published books out in the world including GREAT CARRIER REEF (a NY Public Library Best Book of the Year and JLG Gold Standard selection), LIGHTS OUT: A Movement to Help Mi...2024-07-1130 minMiddle Grade MattersEp. 24: Sally Morgridge, Senior Editor at Holiday House, on Submissions and the Editorial ProcessOn this episode, I talk with Sally Morgridge, Senior Editor at Holiday House, about the acquisitions process, what she looks for in a submission, and the editorial process.Books mentioned in this episode include:The Carrefour Curse, by Dianne K. Salerni102 Days of Lying About Lauren, by Maura JortnerNot the Worst Friend in the World, by Anne RellihanThe Ghost Rules, by Adam Rosenbaum (forethcoming)Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh.For bonus content and info on upcoming episodes, subscribe to the Middle G...2023-12-1959 min
Book Club for KidsA Conversation with Dianne K. SalerniDoes teaching teach you how to be a better writer? Book Club for Kids host Kitty Felde asks Diane K. Salernia who moved from the classroom to the writer's room.2023-07-2607 min
Episodes - Book Club for KidsA Conversation with Dianne K. SalerniDoes teaching teach you how to be a better writer? Book Club for Kids host Kitty Felde asks Diane K. Salernia who moved from the classroom to the writer's room.2023-07-2607 min
Book Club for KidsThe Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. SalerniDo you like spooky stories? Give a listen to The Carrefour Curse, tale about the power of gemstones and family secrets. Readers from Atwater STEAM Elementary School in Los Angeles discuss the mystery with host Kitty Felde. Writer Dianne K. Salerni admits that she was inspired by a forbidden TV show. Our celebrity reader is Lost in Space actress Marta Kirsten.2023-07-1920 minEpisodes - Book Club for KidsThe Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. SalerniDo you like spooky stories? Give a listen to The Carrefour Curse, tale about the power of gemstones and family secrets. Readers from Atwater STEAM Elementary School in Los Angeles discuss the mystery with host Kitty Felde. Writer Dianne K. Salerni admits that she was inspired by a forbidden TV show. Our celebrity reader is Lost in Space actress Marta Kirsten.2023-07-1920 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Kids, Mystery & FantasyThe Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. SalerniPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Carrefour Curse Author: Dianne K. Salerni Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Mystery & Fantasy Publisher's Summary: Twelve-year-old Garnet doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their legendary mansion known as Crossroad House.But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is m...2023-03-1405 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! February 3, 2023This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week’s new releases and more!Give the gift of Tailored Book Recommendations!We’re currently hiring both an Ad Ops Associate and a Full-Stack Web Developer—check out the listings here.Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This co...2023-02-0312 min
The Guest BookAuthors Dianne K. Salerni and Mary Amato in conversation with Holiday House Editor in Chief Mary CashHoliday House Editor in Chief Mary Cash talks Sci-Fi with Authors Dianne K. Salerni (JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS) and Mary Amato (STAR STRIKER: GAME ON!). From their Sci-Fi inspirations (both hard and soft), early starts in Sci-fi TV and fanfiction, and how all of the above influenced their Fall 2021 debut middle grade novels in the genre.JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS and STAR STRIKER: GAME ON! are available wherever books are sold. You can find Dianne K. Salerni at @diannesalerni on Twitter and Mary Amato at @maryamato on Twitter. Follow Holiday House on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram...2021-11-0936 min
The Magic of Storytelling, in Your Pocket With Full AudiobookJadie in Five Dimensions Audiobook by Dianne K. SalerniListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 546392
Title: Jadie in Five Dimensions
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Christopher Gebauer, Sandy Rustin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:16:17
Language: English
Release date: 10-05-21
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Health & Family
Summary:
What do you do when it turns out your whole life has been a lie?
Jadie Martin was always told she was abandoned by her parents.
Creatures from the fourth dimension rescued her and placed her with a
loving adoptive family. Now, Jadie acts as an Agent for the beings, also
known as Seers. She uses the...2021-10-056h 16
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Kids, Mystery & FantasyJadie in Five Dimensions by Dianne K. SalerniPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jadie in Five Dimensions Author: Dianne K. Salerni Narrator: Christopher Gebauer, Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 5, 2021 Genres: Mystery & Fantasy Publisher's Summary: What do you do when it turns out your whole life has been a lie?Jadie Martin was always told she was abandoned by her parents. Creatures from the fourth dimension rescued her and placed her with a loving adoptive family. Now, Jadie acts as an Agent for the beings, also known as Seers. She uses the fourth dimension as a...2021-10-0505 min
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookMorrigan's Curse Audiobook by Dianne K. SalerniListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 455275
Title: Morrigan's Curse
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Christopher Carley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:07:21
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-20
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure
Summary:
The age-old battle between Kin and Transitioners is escalating, and now the Kin have a new weapon: Evangelines younger sister, Addie. With magical Emrys blood flowing in her veins, Addie is the
Kins best chance to break the Eighth Day spell, which will unleash chaos upon the world. Riley and the Crandalls are trying to get her back, but it wont...2020-10-229h 07
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookInquisitor's Mark Audiobook by Dianne K. SalerniListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 444265
Title: Inquisitor's Mark
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Christopher Carley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:46:53
Language: English
Release date: 09-15-20
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
AFTER AN ALL-OUT WAR WITH THE EVIL Kin lord in Mexico, Jax Aubrey is back in Pennsylvania
with his guardian, Riley, and liege lady, Evangeline. Although theyre in hiding, a man named Finn Ambrose
tracks them down, claiming to be Jaxs uncle and giving Jax hope that he actually has a family after all.
But Uncle Finn may have an...2020-09-157h 46
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreThe Inquisitor's Mark by Dianne K. SalerniPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444265to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Inquisitor's Mark
Series: #2 of Eighth Day
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Christopher Carley
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
Release date: September 15, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
AFTER AN ALL-OUT WAR WITH THE EVIL Kin lord in Mexico, Jax Aubrey is back in Pennsylvaniawith his guardian, Riley, and liege lady, Evangeline. Although they’re in hiding, a man named Finn Ambrosetracks them down, claiming to be Jax’s uncle and giving Jax hope that he actually has a...2020-09-157h 46
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookEleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts Audiobook by Dianne K. SalerniListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 444290
Title: Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Rachel Botchan, Suzy Jackson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:59:41
Language: English
Release date: 09-01-20
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Mystery & Fantasy
Summary:
Its 1898 in New York City, and ghosts live among humans. Though most are harmless, some are capable of murder. . . .
After an unusual spirit takes up residence at the Roosevelt house, thirteen-year-old
Eleanor and her cousin Alice grow suspicious. The girls dont get along, but they know
something is not right. This ghost is more than...2020-09-015h 59
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookEighth Day Audiobook by Dianne K. SalerniListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 424804
Title: Eighth Day
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Christopher Carley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:00:16
Language: English
Release date: 03-31-20
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
WHEN NEWLY ORPHANED JAX AUBREY awakes to a world without people the day after his thirteenth
birthday, he thinks its the apocalypse. But then the next day is a regular old Thursday. Has Jax gone crazy? Whats
going on?
Riley Pendare, Jaxs sort of clueless eighteen-year-old guardian, breaks the news: Jax just experienced the Eighth
Day, an extra twenty-four-hour period...2020-03-317h 00
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreThe Eighth Day by Dianne K. SalerniPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424804to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Eighth Day
Series: #1 of Eighth Day
Author: Dianne K. Salerni
Narrator: Christopher Carley
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 0 minutes
Release date: March 31, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
WHEN NEWLY ORPHANED JAX AUBREY awakes to a world without people the day after his thirteenthbirthday, he thinks it’s the apocalypse. But then the next day is a regular old Thursday. Has Jax gone crazy? What’sgoing on?Riley Pendare, Jax’s sort of clueless eighteen-year-old guardian, breaks the new...2020-03-317h 00
brennan book blogB3 Ep 13: 12 Days of Book-mas YA EditionLooking for 12 off-beat unputdownable books for the YA or the YA-at-heart in your life? Featuring FORGET TOMORROW by Pintip Dunn, WITH MALICE by Eileen Cook, THE EIGHTH DAY by Dianne K. Salerni, THE HALLOWED ONES by Laura Bickle, THE VAULT OF DREAMERS by Caragh M. O'Brien, IN THE AFTER by Demitria Lunetta, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES by Jennifer Niven, I AM NUMBER FOUR by Piccatus Lore, THE TRYLLE SERIES by Amanda Hocking, THE MONUMENT 14 SERIES by Emmy Laybourne, ALIVE by Scott Sigler, & EVERY DAY by David Levithan.2017-12-2500 min
Check It OutEpisode Twenty-Six (April 2017)In this episode, Silvia Schuh talks May arts and crafts (7:41); Julia Cozad-Callighan explains the library's Lunchtime Yoga program (2:49); and Kristi Cates recommends some YA novels full of murder and mayhem (18:14). Please fill out our survey! It's anonymous and it will only take a couple minutes. Promise. Kristi recommends: Fake ID by Lamar Giles White Cat by Holly Black The Caged Graves by Dianne K. Salerni Tell us what you think! Complete our short survey, email us at ask@normalpl.org, or tweet us @NPLTweets! 2017-04-2736 min