by Bryan Patrick Avery Well, it’s been quite a year. Whether you’ve been able to put aside all the stresses of the year to keep working towards your writing goals or you’ve barely been able to keep on track, I congratulate you. This has been a difficult year for so many so give yourself a break(and a pat on the back). For my last post of the year, I’d like to highlight several of the books I turn to for inspiration, as mentor texts, or just for plain old enjoyment. These are some of the more recent books I return to again and again as I work on my own stories and they’ve helped me along my storytelling journey. I hope you find something here that inspires or guides you. Enjoy! Picture Books DRAWN TOGETHER by Minh Lê and Dan Santat THE UNDEFEATED by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson ONE FOX by Kate Read THE LAST PEACH by Gus Gordon Chapter Books SUPER HAPPY PARTY BEARS by Marcie Colleen EERIE ELEMENTARY by Jack Chabert A TO Z MYSTERIES by Ron Roy THE BAD GUYS by Aaron Blabey Middle Grade Novels 33 MINUTES by Todd Hasak-Lowy and Bethany Barton MIDNIGHT AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL by Fleur Bradley THE PARKER INHERITANCE by Varian Johnson HARBOR ME by Jacqueline Woodson Verse Novels THE MOON WITHIN by Aida Salazar GARVEY’S CHOICE by Nikki Grimes THE ONE AND ONLY BOB by Katherine Applegate LONG WAY DOWN by Jason Reynolds Graphic Novels SHIRLEY & JAMILA SAVE THEIR SUMMER by Gillian Goerz NEW KID by Jerry Craft NIMONA by Noelle Stevenson ROLLER GIRL by Victoria Jamieson If you haven’t already, take a look at these books. I hope they’ll inspire your writing as much as they’ve inspired mine. Well, that’s all for this month (and this year). Happy writing and have a magical new year. ![]() Bryan Patrick Avery writes picture books, chapter books, middle grade and graphic novels. His middle grade story, “The Magic Day Mystery”, was published in June 2020 in SUPER PUZZLETASTIC MYSTERIES, an anthology from HarperCollins and the Mystery Writers of America. His debut picture book, THE FREEMAN FIELD PHOTOGRAPH, will be published in Spring 2021 by Clearfork Publishing/Spork.
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2/21/2021 01:34:26 pm
Thanks this was interesting and I caught some of their information and interviews on SCBWI today ............
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