From the Bookshelf

Do Tell!

We want to know… what’s the first line in the book you’re currently reading? Share your answer in the comments!

I SPY … keys!

Take a Look!

Can you spot a book that has keys on the cover? Add to our collection in the comments.

Under Lock and Key

This month we’re keyed up to secure books that you can lock up, deadbolt, or secure with a special code. Take a look at your shelf and see if you can spot a lock or key!

#BookADayMay 2022

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Book A Day May 2022

Our annual Book a Day May reading challenge encourages a daily reading habit and can be a fun way to kick off the summer reading season!

Book Spotting!

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

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Ladybug Spotter

"It was a ladybug. But it was the strangest ladybug Silvermist had ever seen. It was milky white from tip to tip. Its spots were difficult to see. They were white too, just a shade darker than the rest of the ladybug—and there must have been a dozen of them!" —SILVERMIST AND THE LADYBUG CURSE by Gail Herman

Read Along!

Discover more Middle Grade books about entomology during the month of April! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.

Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.

Her Royal Highness

“There she is!” Ale says suddenly. “Her Royal Highness,” I follow her pointing finger to the queen bee, bigger than the rest, with a cluster of other bees surrounding her like flower petals. I admit, I don’t always pay close attention when Ale goes on about her bees, but I know the queen is the boss of the whole hive.
Air by Monica Roe

#amreading buggy books

Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this April? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family.

It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy—that he thinks he might be gay.

But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies.

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