Suddenly, the per-clunkity gave way to a boom-clackity as we crossed over a long, narrow bridge. The crickets sang a little louder as we crossed the river. The moon shone a little bit brighter. The night air smelled like baking cookies.
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Author: Middle Grade Carousel
Grand Estate
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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Book Spine Poetry
Elza has been hosting #NewYearsReads2021, a series of challenges and games on social media designed to kick off the new year of reading. The photo challenge prompt for today was “Book Spine Poetry”.
CJ decided to give it a whirl with books from our Middle Grade shelves. Here’s what she came up with!
The honest truth:
parked
trapped
every day
waiting for normal
nothing ever happens here
estranged grump
the gauntlet in real life
absolutely normal chaos
tut-tut
anyway
restart!
drumroll, please
The crossroads
fearless
wish
bloom
sweep
smile
wonder
bliss
Some kind of courage
A crooked kind of perfect
Ambush the wish
Hatching magic
Writing magic
the color of my words
charmed life
sunny side up
wizard at work
things that are absolutely truly
extraordinary
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I SPY … a crescent moon!
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#MGCarousel – Winter Reading Bingo
#MGCarousel – January 2021
Middle Grade Carousel is a month-long reading challenge for fans of middle grade fiction. Our challenge this January is…
Reading by Moonlight
Reading Middle Grade fiction isn’t a phase! This month we’re looking to the skies for stories that feature the moon.
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