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July Activities

Here’s what we’re up to this month:

July at Middle Grade Carousel: Home Sweet Bookshelf

July at #MGCarousel: Houses

Find out how you can participate in our regularly scheduled #MGCarousel challenge.

Summer Reading Bingo

You’ll polish off your to read pile in no time with our month-long bingo challenges.

Feel free to join us! The more the merrier.

The League of Beastly Dreadfuls

"The front yard of the McCrumpet house was, you see, a veritable minefield of garden gnomes. Mrs. McCrumpet liked to order them from the shopping channel on TV." —The League of Beastly Dreadfuls by Holly Grant

Igraine the Brave

"The castle was not large; it had only a single tower, which leaned over sideways, and the walls weren't much more than two feet thick, but Igraine thought it was the most beautiful castle in the world." —Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

I SPY … tall houses

Book covers for The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd, Half a Creature from the Sea by David Almond, The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly by Rebecca K.S. Ansari, The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue, Winterhouse by Ben Gutterson, Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger, Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty, Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles, Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead.

Can you spot a book with a tall house on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

Stone Fox

"The small building up ahead was Grandfather's farmhouse. When searchlight saw it, she seemed to gather up every ounce of her remaining strength. She forged ahead with such speed that the sled seemed to lift up off the ground and fly." —Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

#MGCarousel – July 2019

Middle Grade Carousel is a series of monthly challenges for lovers and readers of middle grade books. Our theme for July is…

Home Sweet Bookshelf

From mysterious mansions to eclectic apartments, the places people live are as varied as the people who live in them.

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#MGCarousel – Summer Reading Bingo

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I SPY … violet!

Book covers of The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse by Brian Farrey, Village of the Vampire Cat by Lensey Namioka, Tried and True by Christa Kinde, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein, In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang, Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel, Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith, and The Relic War by Stel Pavlou

Can you spot a violet cover on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!