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A mother-daughter duo dedicated to all things Middle Grade, CJ & Elza run a series of monthly reading challenges. You can also find them on Twitter: @kindeladies, or Instagram: @mgcarousel.

Run and Find Out

"It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is "run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose." -Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 14, 2020February 2, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: Rudyard KiplingLeave a comment on Run and Find Out

Featuring … E.B. White!

Book covers for Charlotte's Web; The Trumpet of the Swan; and Stuart Little by E.B. White

E.B. White started writing fiction for his niece, Janice. His first book, Stuart Little, wasn’t very popular, but his second, Charlotte’s Web, was a big hit and won many literary and reader’s choice awards.

Have you read all three of E.B. White’s books?

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 13, 2020January 27, 2020Categories #MGCarousel Special Feature, I SPYTags Author: E. B. WhiteLeave a comment on Featuring … E.B. White!

I SPY … modern classics!

Book covers for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Can you spot a modern classic on your bookshelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 12, 2020January 27, 2020Format ImageCategories I SPYTags I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … modern classics!

From the Bookshelf

From the Bookshelf: find a book with a red cover.

Do Tell!

We want to know… can you find a red book on your shelf? Leave your answer in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 11, 2020January 17, 2020Categories Do Tell!Leave a comment on From the Bookshelf

Kindred Spirits

"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world." -Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 10, 2020February 2, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: L.M. MontgomeryLeave a comment on Kindred Spirits

I SPY … classic fantasy!

Book covers for The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis; Redwall by Brian Jacques; The Borrowers by Mary Norton; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling; The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander; and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Can you spot a classic Fantasy title on your bookshelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 9, 2020January 27, 2020Format ImageCategories I SPYTags Genre: Fantasy, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … classic fantasy!

Book Spotting!

Book Spotting: can you guess which Middle Grade cover this is taken from?

 

Book Spotting!

Do you recognize this Middle Grade book cover? Leave your guess in the comments!

Find more of our little guessing games on Twitter.

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 8, 2020August 16, 2019Format ImageCategories Book Spotting!Tags #BookSpottingLeave a comment on Book Spotting!

Only a Sword

"No doubt your sword is indeed a beautiful thing. It is a tribute to whoever forged it in bygone ages. There are very few such swords as this one left in the world, but remember, it is only a sword, Matthias!" -Redwall by Brian Jacques

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 7, 2020February 2, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: Brian JacquesLeave a comment on Only a Sword

I SPY … classics!

Book covers for The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum; Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; Black Beauty by Anna Sewell; Dracula by Bram Stoker; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Can you spot a classic on your bookshelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 7, 2020January 27, 2020Format ImageCategories I SPYTags I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … classics!

Featuring … Beverly Cleary!

Book covers for Henry and Ribsy; Muggie Maggie; The Mouse and the Motorcycle; Dear Mr. Henshaw; Ramona and Her Mother; and Mitch & Amy by Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary was a children’s librarian before she became an author. She wanted to write books that readers would be able to identify with, and became a trend-setter in realistic children’s fiction.

Which Beverly Cleary book is your favorite?

 

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on February 6, 2020January 27, 2020Categories #MGCarousel Special Feature, I SPYTags Author: Beverly Cleary1 Comment on Featuring … Beverly Cleary!

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