Middle Grade Carousel

Bookstagram: Award Winning

Bookstagram Photo featuring Bride to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

I SPY … classic outdoor adventure!

Book covers for Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, HOLES by Louis Sachar, and HATCHET by Gary Paulsen

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

From the Bookshelf

From the Bookshelf: where is the story set?

Do Tell!

We want to know… if you were teleported to the setting of the nearest book, where would you be? Leave your answer in the comments!

Bookstagram: Window Seat

Bookstagram photo featuring A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Of course they're real people. They're Oompa-Loompas ... Imported direct from Loompaland ... And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world--hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles." -Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

I SPY … classic girl power!

Book covers for The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren; Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; and Anne of Green Cables by L. M. Montgomery

Can you spot a classic girl power book on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

Book Spotting!

Book Spotting: can you guess which Middle Grade cover this is taken from?

Book Spotting!

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

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Early Bird

"Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly." -Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Library Copy

Rose had her own copy of Charlotte’s Web—Gram had seen to that—but it sat unread on her bookshelf at home. It was the library copy she loved. Its corners were worn to a comfortable gray.

Giant Pumpkin Suite
Melanie Heuiser Hill
Hill, Melanie Heuiser - Giant Pumpkin Suite

Featuring … E. Nesbit!

Book covers for The Phoenix and the Carpet; The Story of the Amulet; The Book of Dragons; Five Children and It; The Railway Children; and The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit

E. Nesbit was a prolific author, credited for inventing the children’s adventure story. Her books often included a blend of realism and the fantastical, which inspired future writers such as C. S. Lewis, P. L. Travers, and J. K. Rowling.

Have you read any books by E. Nesbit?