I SPY – Page 21 – Middle Grade Carousel

I SPY … classic mysteries!

Book covers for Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene; The Boxcar Children: Journey on a Runaway Train by Gertrude Chandler Warner; The Hard Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon; Trixie Belden: The Secret of the Mansion; and Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol

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

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?

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!

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!

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!

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?

I SPY … horses!

Book covers for Heartseeker by Melinda Beatty; Horse Diaries: Golden Sun by Whitney Sanderson; Moonkind by Sarah Prineas; and The Racehorse Who Learned to Dance by Clare Balding

Can you spot a horse on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

I SPY … primary colors!

Book covers for The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney; The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf; The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz; MASCOT by Antony John; Twerp by Mark Goldblatt; and Super Puzzletastic Mysteries by Chris Grabenstein

Can you spot a book cover that uses primary colors on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

I SPY … red dragons!

Book covers for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente; The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis; The Secret Dragon by Ed Clarke; The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao; The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan; and The Basque Dragon by Adam Gidwitz & Jessie Casey

Can you spot a red dragon on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

I SPY … red!

Book covers for Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien; The Robe of Skulls by Vivian French; Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim; Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James; One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia; and Scarlet & Ivy: The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly