Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover Issue 115: Middle Grade (Part 34)

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. The Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens (Cover design by Nicole Hower, Cover art by Levente Szabó)
02. Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim (Cover art by Jennifer Hom)

03. The Unicorn Quest: Fire In The Star by Kamilla Benko (Cover art by Vivienne To)
04. The Chaos Curse by Sayantani DasGupta

05. Scavengers by Darren Simpson (Cover art by Tom Clohosy Cole)
06. Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Cover art by Paola Escobar)

07. From The Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (Cover design by Laura Mock, Cover art by Mirelle Ortega)
08. We Could Be Heroes by Margaret Mary Finnegan (Cover design by Karyn Lee, Cover art by Alexandra Bye)

09. The Fantastic Frame: Beware! Shadows In The Night by Lin Oliver
10. Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon

11. How To Make Friends With The Sea by Tanya Guerrero (Cover art by Christine Almeda)
12. How To Disappear Completely by Ali Standish (Cover art by Yaoyao Ma Van As)

13. King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (Cover design by Baily Crawford, Cover art by Tonya Engel)
14. Stone River Crossing by Tim Tingle

15. Into The Tall, Tall Grass by Loriel Ryon (Cover design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover, Cover art by Victo Ngai)
16. The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay

17. Worse Than Weird by Jody J. Little
18. Stella Diaz Never Gives Up by Angela Dominguez

19. Chirp by Kate Messner (Cover art by Christopher Silas Neal)
20. Mindy Kim and The Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee (Cover design by Laura Lyn DiSiena, Cover art by Dung Ho)

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!