PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU FOR MORE MIDDLE GRADE SPORTS BOOKS WITH GIRLS PLAYING SPORTS. I'm begging here. WNBA! SOFTBALL! VOLLEYBALL! This is a huge untapped market. We got a bunch of soccer books for a bit, a few gymnastics but. There's room for so much more.
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One of our "I hate books and reading and I am bad at it" students just devoured the Diana Taursai book from SHE PERSISTED and was like "OK now I want 15 more just like that." The market is there.
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@BrandonHoang_
I am just giving them all these free ideas right from actual tween/teens FREE IDEAS about what they want to read!!!!
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@misskubelik
Yes! Today I had requests for volleyball books—-for elementary kids—-stories, bios, etc. I couldn’t find anything to order!
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@misskubelik
Yes!!! Sorry to self-promote, but I have a girls hockey MG out next year (it’s also a romance!) and I’m soooo here for more MG girls in sports! 🙌🏻 Hope to see more soon!
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@misskubelik
Angela Ahn has 2 MG sports books out 2024/5 (swimming+martial arts)
Anecdotally, first kids' creative writing class I taught had a 5th grade girl obsessed w/ basketball. Wrote about it in every story, drew anthropo BBall, thanked the sport in her acknowledgements, it was great😂
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@misskubelik
This week alone I had one set of girls asking for this in regards to Volleyball. And another for Girls Playing Hockey. And I could find nothing really to provide them. Definitely a hole there.
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@misskubelik
Recently read “Remember Us” by Jacqueline Woodson where the MC is the best baller in the neighborhood. It’s more than sports, but I loved the way her male best friend gassed her up all the time.
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@misskubelik
@EsmeSymesSmith
My daughter has been rock climbing and obstacle course-racing competitively since she was 10, and I'd love to do some MG in that space...but I'm just not sure what stories to tell.
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@misskubelik
Highly recommend
@misty_wilson_
's Play Like a Girl. My students love it! Hoops by
@tavaresbooks
is great too!
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@misskubelik
My middle school girls basketball book about two NCAA DI coaches' daughters came out in October!
I think because sports books are seen as perennial, they often don't get the publisher push they could benefit from in this challenging marketplace.
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