Middle Grade Carousel is a series of monthly challenges for lovers and readers of middle grade books. Our theme for August is…
Orange You Glad
Cheery carrot, perfect papaya, and tasty tangerine! Not the food, silly, the color…
Howl’s Moving Castle
Bookstagram: Fairy Godsister
The Fairy’s Mistake
Once upon a time, in the village of Snettering-on-Snoakes in the kingdom of Biddle, Rosella fetched water from the well for the four thousand and eighty-eighth time.
The Fairy’s Mistake
Gail Carson Levine
A Kingly Name
King Barf isn’t actually named King Barf. His real name is King Bartholomew Archibald Reginald Fife, a fine, kingly name—a name with a great destiny, of course. But I don’t care how handsome or powerful that name makes you. It’s a mouthful. So for short I call him King Barf, though I’d never say it out loud.
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
Liesl Shurtliff
Bookstagram: Grimm
Question of the Day: What’s your favorite classic fairy tale?
#MGCarousel – Summer Reading Bingo
It’s the last month of summer! Are you prepared for Round 3 of Summer Reading Bingo?
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Beware
Let the dreadful crocodile beware, for I now christen this ship the Hook’s Revenge. Hoist anchor, find the eye of the wind, and let’s be under way!”
The crew cheered.
Mr. Smee cried.
Hook’s Revenge
Heidi Schulz
Bookstagram: Fantasy People
Giants, and wee men, and mermaids, oh my!
Question of the Day: What’s your favorite magical race?
National Ice Cream Day
Today is National Ice Cream Day! Of course, we went right for a double-scoop of magic.
Jonah plopped a spoonful of Chocolate Orange Switcheroo into my glass. “Try this one.”
I took a small bite to start with. The ice cream melted against my tongue, sweet and fruity and smooth. Then came the switcheroo part — a chocolate fudgy flavor that caused the corners of my jaws to tingle with happiness.
Bittersweet
Tangy
CitrusCrazy good!
A Snicker of Magic
Natalie Lloyd
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