#MGCarousel Topic: Insects – Middle Grade Carousel

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

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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

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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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Bug Rancher

"If the Flying Cattleheart was unlike other ranches, Uncle Autry was equally unlike other ranchers. There wasn't a cow, sheep, or horse on Autry's land. Autry O'Connell was an insect wrangler." —SCUMBLE by Ingrid Law

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Details

The Girl and the Witch's Garden by Erin Bowman

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

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Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel April 2022: Bookworms Bugging Out! features the book MAXIMILLIAN FLY by Angie Sage

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?

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#MGCarousel – 20 Middle Grade Books About Insects

20 Middle Grade books about Insects: Middle Grade books that aren't afraid to get creepy-crawly and explore entomology!

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.

Empty Hive

"Mr. Deaver pulled one of the panels out. It was one of the frames where the bees produced their honey in a comb made out of wax. There wasn't a single bee on it. And there wasn't a single bee flying out of the hive." —DARIUS BELL AND THE CRYSTAL BEES by Odo Hirsch

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Jeweled Beetle

The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal

Even as he made the transmission, Biddle noticed movement on the radio. He held it farther from his face and saw an enormous beetle perched on the dial, beautiful, with shimmering faceted wings and silvery legs. If it hadn’t moved, he would have taken it for a jeweled trinket.
The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal

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After Chester, a cricket, arrives in the Times Square subway station from his native Connecticut via a picnic basket, he takes up residence in the Bellinis’ newsstand. There tiny Chester is lucky enough to find three good friends: a little boy named Mario, whose parents run the unsuccessful newsstand; a fast-talking Broadway mouse called Tucker; and Tucker’s pal, Harry Cat. Between escapades in New York City, the four somehow manage to bring success to the almost bankrupt newsstand.

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