Middle Grade Carousel

I SPY … classic mysteries!

Book covers for Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene; The Boxcar Children: Journey on a Runaway Train by Gertrude Chandler Warner; The Hard Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon; Trixie Belden: The Secret of the Mansion; and Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol

Can you spot a classic mystery series on your bookshelf? 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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Run and Find Out

"It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is "run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose." -Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling

Valentine’s Day!

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Well, well, well… it looks like you’ve got yourself a fan,” she said. She ruffled my hair. “This card is signed, From Your Secret Admirer.”

I raised up my eyebrows.
“Huh? What? Who?”

-Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime by Barbara Park

Bookstagram: Best Friends

Bookstagram photo featuring the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace

Featuring … E.B. White!

Book covers for Charlotte's Web; The Trumpet of the Swan; and Stuart Little by E.B. White

E.B. White started writing fiction for his niece, Janice. His first book, Stuart Little, wasn’t very popular, but his second, Charlotte’s Web, was a big hit and won many literary and reader’s choice awards.

Have you read all three of E.B. White’s books?

I SPY … modern classics!

Book covers for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

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