Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover is a regular feature on Pop! Goes The Reader in which I pay tribute to some of the best and brightest the publishing world has to offer in the way of book cover design. This feature is inspired by Katie’s feature Cover Love on her blog One Page At A Time. The idea is being used with her gracious permission.
Please Note: I’ve done my best to credit the designers and artists responsible for the beautiful covers below, but was unable to find this information for a number of those listed. If you know of an uncredited designer responsible for any of these book covers, please let me know and I would be happy to include proper attribution in this post. Their work is lovely and deserves to be credited.
01. Twinchantment by Elise Allen (Cover art by Maike Plenzke)
02. The Dragonling: Dragon Trouble by Jackie French Koller
03. Frost Fire by Jamie Smith (Cover art by Geneva Bowers)
04. Rose Coffin by M.P. Kozlowsky (Cover design by Baily Crawford, Cover art by Julian Callos)
05. Time Castaways: The Obsidian Compass by Liesl Shurtliff
06. The Memory Keeper by Jennifer Camiccia (Cover design by Heather Palisi, Cover art by Aveline Stokart)
07. The Explorers: The Quest For The Kid by Adrienne Kress
08. Right As Rain by Lindsey Stoddard (Cover art by Alexandra Neonakis)
09. Stand On The Sky by Erin Bow (Cover art by Ji-Hyuk Kim)
10. Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson (Cover art by Shadra Strickland)
11. The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
12. Taming of the Shoe by Sarah Darer Littman
13. The Year I Didn’t Eat by Samuel Pollen
14. Sal and Gabi Break The Universe by Carlos Hernandez (Cover design by Andrea Galecio, Hand lettering by Saskia Bueno)
15. All The Colors of Magic by Valija Zinck
16. Other Words For Home by Jasmine Warga (Cover art by Anoosha Syed, Hand lettering by Jenna Stempel-Lobell)
17. My Fate According To The Butterfly by Gail D. Villanueva (Cover art by Oriol Vidal)
18. Out of Place by Jennifer Blecher (Cover art by Merrilee Liddiard)
Now it’s your turn! What are some of your favourite Middle Grade covers? Did I list one of your favourites here or is there one I forgot that just has to be included? Let me know in the comments!
