Middle Grade Carousel

GMGR – Read a Rainbow

Middle Grade Carousel is proud to be partnered with Great Middle Grade Reads, a group for readers of Middle Grade fiction to enjoy group discussion, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.

Read a Rainbow!

TEAL BOOK COVERS

The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Coop Knows the Scoop by Taryn Souders

Play Along!

Join Great Middle Grade Reads and check the rules for their brand new Read a Rainbow challenge.
Download the Read a Rainbow graphic template to track your progress.
Recommend your favorites or share what you plan on reading to complete your rainbow. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #MGCarousel or #GreatMGReads!
Check the Great Middle Grade Reads page for more info.

#amreading in bloom

Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this November? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel November 2024: A Bouquet of Books features the book THE SPRITE AND THE GARDENER by Rii Abrego & Joe Whitt.

Way back when, it was sprites to tended the world’s plants and flowers. But then humans started doing their own gardening, and sprites became extraneous. So they find other pastimes. But a sprite named Wisteria is interested in doing those long-ago, half-forgotten things that used to be every sprite’s birthright.

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Arboretum

Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is A BOUQUET OF BOOKS. Find more floral Middle Grade books during the month of November.

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Book Spotting!

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#amreading in bloom

Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this November? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel November 2024: A Bouquet of Books features the book THE TARNISHED GARDEN by Alyssa Colman.

The Manhattan School for Magic is the newest kindling school in New York, but Maeve O’Donnell knows she doesn’t deserve her place there. Though her sister, Izzy, is one of the school’s founders and a hero to those who can now kindle, Maeve can’t control her magic and she lives in fear of anyone–especially Izzy–finding out.

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Invisible

Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is A BOUQUET OF BOOKS. Find more floral Middle Grade books during the month of November.

“Red is a blooming word. I watched it rise up in front of me and sprout leaves and vines that stretched all across the apartment complex. Mama and Cleo and Frannie didn’t see it, of course. But I did. I picked an invisible flower and tucked it in my hair.” —A SNICKER OF MAGIC by Natalie Lloyd

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Book Spotting!

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

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GMGR – A to Z

Middle Grade Carousel is proud to be partnered with Great Middle Grade Reads, a group for readers of Middle Grade fiction to enjoy group discussion, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.

Reading A to Z (brought to you by GMGR + MGCarousel). T: THE THRONE OF FIRE by Rick Riordan; U: UTTERLY DARK AND THE FACE OF THE DEEP by Philip Reeve; V: THE VOYAGE TO MAGICAL NORTH by Claire Fayers; and W: WATCH HOLLOW by Gregory Funaro.

Read by Letter!

T: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
U: Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep by Philip Reeve
V: The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers
W: Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro

Play Along!

Join Great Middle Grade Reads and check the rules for their annual A to Z reading challenge.
Download the A to Z reading challenge graphic template to track your progress.
Recommend your favorites or share what you plan on reading to complete your alphabet. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #MGCarousel or #GreatMGReads!
Check the Great Middle Grade Reads page for more info.

#amreading in bloom

Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this November? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel November 2024: A Bouquet of Books features the book SNAPDRAGON by Kat Leyh.

Nobody messes with the hermit who lives in the woods. She’s a witch. At least, that’s the rumor. Upon surviving an encounter, Snap is determined to get answers about what the witch is really up to, and grows increasingly interested in Jacks’ peculiar craft.

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