#MGCarousel – January 2020

Middle Grade Carousel is a series of monthly challenges for lovers and readers of middle grade books. Our theme for January is…

January at Middle Grade Carousel: Well Red

Well Red

What do boiled lobsters, poinsettias, fire engines, and this month’s theme at Middle Grade Carousel have in common?

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Glow-in-the-Dark

Over the next week, Ben read all the books about stars his mom had found for him, and then convinced her to let him paint his room black. At the general store in town, he bought an armful of glow-in-the-dark stars and covered the walls and ceiling of his room with them. He put the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, and the North Star directly over his bed.

Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick
Selznick, Brian - Wonderstruck

Gold Stars

It was a book. But it wasn’t like any book I had ever seen before. It was such a dark, dark blue that it looked almost black, like the sky at night. It had gold stars and moons along the back edge, and twisting silver designs on the front and back that looked like writing from a long time ago.

Knights of the Kitchen Table
John Scieszka
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka