Best of the Middle Grade Blogs: April 1

Happy April Fools Day. This is my one of my favorite holidays. I have a bunch of pranks planned for today. A classic, that my children look forward to even though they're being pranked, is lunch:

• I scooped out all the jello from their snack cups and replaced it with red wine vinegar infused cyrstal light jello. Then I glued the seal back on.
• Cheeto bags filled with carrot sticks. (They might cry about this one.)
• A water bottle with baby abesol smear around the rim.
• And a cupcake with a small burst of toothpaste in the middle.

Are you playing any pranks today?

My Fave Middle Grade Bloggers this Week:

Industry & Inspiration

• 2010 Sales Figures for Children's Books Announced @ Write4Kids!
• B & N Exec: eBooks on Pace to Outsell Print @ Write4Kids!
• 7 Questions for Literary Agent Wendy Schmalz @ Middle Grade Ninja.
• Interview with Literary Agent Chris Richman about Books for Kids @ Anita Laydon Miller's MG Blog.
• Young Adult vs. Middle Grade @ Project Mayhem.
• Why I Want a Literary Agent @ Time Guardian Blog.
• Creative Confidence @ Kidlit.

Crafting

• L is for Language @ That's Another Story.
• If Your Character's Missing a Shoe, Try Finding Its Match @ Adventures in Children's Publishing.
• Tip Tuesday #82: Making a Character Collage @ Literary Rambles.
• Plotting (Part 2): Developing an Outline & Synopsis @ That's Another Story.
• Revision is All About Taking Risks @ MiG Writers.
• Ink Spells Takes On The Cloud @ Ink Spells.

Reviews

• MMGM: ARC Giveaway Extravaganza @ Shannon Whitney Messenger. (There is still time to enter for the giveaway.)
• Tween Tuesday: Moon Over Manifest @ The O.W.L.
• Tween Tuesday: The Invisible Order: Rise of the Darklings @ GreenBean Teen Queen.
• MMGM: Follow My Leader @ Book Dreaming.
• MMGM: The Resisters @ My Brain On Books.
• MMGM: Falling In @ Night Writer.
• Review: If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period @ My Comfy Chair.
• Hi-Lo Recs @ From the Mixed-Up Files...
• MG Review & Giveaway: The Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless @ Project Mayhem.
• An Action-Packed Series @ Write About Now.
• Luv Ya Bunches @ Book Nut.
• MG Book Review: Slob by Ellen Potter @ Dutch Hill News.

Other MG Roundups

• This Sunday's Middle Grade Fantasy & SciFi Roundup @ Charlotte's Library.