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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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Bingo Squares
Need a little help finding books that fit this month’s bingo board? Here are a few recommendations!
‘Year’ in the Title
- The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng
- The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand
- The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
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Can you find a book with ‘year’ in the title on your bookshelf?
I SPY … a crescent moon!
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Can you spot a book featuring a crescent moon on the cover? Add to our collection in the comments.
CJ: New Year – New Reading Goal
Check out how CJ plans to read in the new year!
Doing it Different. This year, I’m switching up how I choose the books I’ll read. I’m a big fan of reading challenges, and I regularly participate in three:
- A to Z Challenge (Great Middle Grade Reads)
- Series Challenge (Great Middle Grade Reads)
- Reading Bingo Boards (Middle Grade Carousel)
The only problem is that I’m always choosing books because they fit the challenge. And waiting to read many books I’m eager for … until they fit a challenge. I’m tired of putting them off! So this year, I decided to scan my shelves and compile a list of 100 Middle Grade Books that I will (finally) read in 2021. Many are recent releases. Some are part of a series or trilogy I started. And all of them are books I can’t wait to pick up!
Since many of these books are long(ish), I set my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal much…
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#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.
Continue reading “#MGCarousel – January 2021”Bookstagram: Log Cabin
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Fairy Ring
A cold sweat trickled down Mulrox’s back. The creature was unmistakable. They were in a fairy ring of ancient redwoods that marked its home. It was as the stories had said. He would surely be cursed now.
Mulrox and the Malcognitos by Kerelyn Smith
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