The older folks in town like to tell about the night Brett McGrew was born. They say the sky was clear and the moon was full, a moon that lay low on the horizon, big and round and orange, like a basketball. A giant basketball shining down on Stuckey.
Airball: My Life in Briefs by L. D. Harkrader
Author: Middle Grade Carousel
Thumbnail Moon
Read Along!
Discover more Middle Grade books featuring the moon during the month of January! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.
Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.
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Bingo Squares
Need a little help finding books that fit this month’s bingo board? Here are a few recommendations!
A Guitar on the Cover



- Tune it Out by Jamie Sumner
- The Three Rules of Everyday Magic by Amanda Rawson Hill
- Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Can you find a book with a guitar on your bookshelf?
I SPY … the moon!
Who I Am (in book titles)
If there’s one thing that we love here at Middle Grade Carousel, it’s a game! Upon spying a challenge issued by Christie Megill on Twitter, we flew to our home library with an eye toward book titles that say something about our personalities. Here’s what we found.
CJ’s Stack

- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
- The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- The Exact Location of Home by Kate Messner
- The Honest Truth by Dan Geminhart
Find more from CJ on her blog!
Elza’s Stack

- The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd
- A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby
- All the Colors of Magic by Valija Zinck
- I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton
- “Shouldn’t You be in School?” by Lemony Snicket
- Magic or Not? by Edward Eager
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Can you find book titles that describe you in some way?
Book Spotting!
Book Spotting!
Do you recognize this Middle Grade book cover? Leave your guess in the comments!
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Hereby Summoned
Meteor Shower
Read Along!
Discover more Middle Grade books featuring the moon during the month of January! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.








