Middle Grade Carousel

I SPY … people with pets!

Book covers for Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers by Shauna Holyoak; Cog by Greg Van Eekhout; A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor; Wish by Barbara O'Connor; The Bone Line by Martin Shannon; and The Dogs of Winter by Bobbie Pyron

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A Pup by Any Other Name

"I decided to name the puppy after my favorite cookie because she was round and white-and-black like a Mallomar." -Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

I SPY … dogs in red!

Book covers for Brave Like That by Lindsey Stoddard; Notes From the Dog by Gary Paulsen; One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson; Hidden in the Haunted School by Gertrude Chandler Warren; The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble; The Dog Who Saved the World by Ross Welcord; Escape from the Twin Towers by Kate Messner; and Mascot by Antony John

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Let’s Connect

Let's Connect: are you a bookstagrammer?

Do Tell!

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Sled Dog

"The small building up ahead was Grandfather's farmhouse. When Searchlight saw it, she seemed to gather up every ounce of her remaining strength. She forged ahead with such speed that the sled seemed to lift up off the ground and fly." -Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

I SPY … dogs!

Book covers featuring The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan; The Wizard's Dog by Eric Kahn Gale; Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes; Hazel's Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow; Maxi's Secrets by Lynn Plourde; The Girl Who Walked on Air by Emma Carroll; Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo; and Strays Like Us by Cecilia Galante

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Book Spotting!

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Trick Dog

"Gloria stood up. She flipped her hind legs into the air and ran around in a circle on her front paws. It was a circus-dog trick, but she accomplished it with incredible ease." -No Flying in the House by Betty Brock

A Poem

I don’t have any pets
so I can’t write about one
and especially
I can’t write
a POEM
about one.

Love That Dog
Sharon Creech

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

I SPY … dogs!

Book covers for Saving Hanno: The Story of a Refugee Dog by Miriam Halahmy; No Flying in the House by Betty Brock; Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M. M. Blume; Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey; Cavall in Camelot by Audrey Mackaman; Otherwise Known as Possum by Maria D. Laso; Buddy by M.H. Long; and Freeing Finch by Ginny Rorby