Take a Look!
Can you spot a book that has bugs on the cover? Add to our collection in the comments.
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.
Everything was so well maintained. Looking it over again, she noticed a new detail: the paths that wove through the garden didn’t meander pointlessly. They formed a shape, the outline of a butterfly, just like the door knocker she’d rapped on the estate’s front steps.
The Girl and the Witch’s Garden by Erin Bowman
Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this April? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!
Maximillian Fly wants no trouble. Yet because he stands at six feet two, with beautiful indigo wings, long antennae, and more arms than you or me, many are frightened of him.
He is a gentle creature who looks like a giant cockroach. This extraordinary human wants to prove his goodness, so he opens his door to two SilverSeed children in search of a place to hide.
Instantly, Maximillian’s quiet, solitary life changes. There are dangerous powers after them and they have eyes everywhere. But in this gray city of Hope trapped under the Orb, is escape even possible?
Looking for books that fit our current Book Bingo challenge? Here are a few recommendations to help you read for a win!



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Can you find a book with a botanical word in the title? Share an MG read you’d add to our stack in the comments!
Our #MGCarousel reading challenge this month is all about INSECTS. If you’re looking for buggy books, CJ and Elza have gathered 20 Middle Grade books that feature droves, swarms, rabbles, hives, and colonies of every kind.
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