#MGCarousel – March 2023

Our month-long Middle Grade reading challenge is designed so you can choose your own books and set a comfortable pace. All you need to play along are books which match the month’s featured theme.

Our challenge this March is…

The Rest is History

Middle Grade Historical Fiction

Join us in reading Middle Grade books about the past during the month of March! We recommend looking for stories about heroic historical figures, period dramas, legends from long ago, and warping through time to discover days gone by for yourself.

#MGCarousel – February 2023

Our month-long Middle Grade reading challenge is designed so you can choose your own books and set a comfortable pace. All you need to play along are books which match the month’s featured theme.

Our challenge this February is…

Something to Sip

Middle Grade Books About Beverages

Join us in reading Middle Grade books about beverages during the month of February! We recommend looking for highly-caffeinated heroes, covers featuring sugary drinks, stories with miraculous potions and magical mixtures, or going back for refills of iconic fictional refreshments.

#MGCarousel – January 2023

Our month-long Middle Grade reading challenge is designed so you can choose your own books and set a comfortable pace. All you need to play along are books which match the month’s featured theme.

Our challenge this January is…

How Sweet the Sound

Middle Grade books about Music

Join us in reading Middle Grade books about music during the month of January! We recommend looking for stories set at band camp, titles inspired by song lyrics, covers that feature an instrument, and characters who put in plenty of practice.

#MGCarousel – November 2022

Our month-long themed challenges are designed for readers of Middle Grade fiction. Play along by finding books which match the prompt.

Our challenge this November is…

It’s There in Black and White

CJ and Elza are prepared to read between the lines and study the contrasts in this month’s collection of black and white books.

#MGCarousel – October 2022

Our month-long themed challenges are designed for readers of Middle Grade fiction. Play along by finding books which match the prompt.

Our challenge this October is…

Ghost Stories

The books we’re dying to read this Spooky Season are positively ghastly! From wicked shades to spooky spirits, perilous poltergeists and friendly phantoms, this month we’re prepared to encounter creatures from the afterlife.

#MGCarousel – September 2022

Our month-long themed challenges are designed for readers of Middle Grade fiction. Play along by finding books which match the prompt.

Our challenge this September is…

Reading Rodents

From packrats to field mice, mighty heroes, famous figures, and rodents of unusual size, we’re thrilled from tip to tail about this month’s mousy theme!

#MGCarousel – October 2020

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

Bewitching Bookshelf

Grab your magic shoes and try to find the fastest broomstick, because the books we’re picking up this month all seem to spell toil and trouble. And make it double.

#MGCarousel – September 2020

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

Read by Number

We’re adding up our numerous bookish blessings this September with middle grade books with digits, calculations, equations, and other things you can count.