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I SPY … chickens!

I SPY: Chickens | Featuring Vilonia Beebe Takes Charge by Kristin L. Gray; The Fox Busters by Dick King-Smith; Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley; and Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

Can you spot a book featuring fowl on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!

Book Spotting!

Book Spotting: can you guess which Middle Grade cover this is taken from?

Book Spotting!

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Harbor

"Ben began to count the bollards, squat little stumps of iron dotted along the harbor wall. Sailors had once used them for tying ships to the shore, but now they were mostly seagull perches." -We the Children by Andrew Clements

Underwater

"I can no longer see the surface of the water above me. The sea is an endless inky darkness. I have no concept of distance or space. Giant shadows pass slowly over one another in front of me, black gliding over darkest blue." -Song of the Deep by Brian Hastings

Lost at Sea

"As of this day, September fifth, 1928, Horatio and Adele Fludd have been declared lost at sea." -Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers

Bookstagram: Dangerous Waters

Bookstagram photo featuring 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne & THE GREAT WIDE SEA by M. H. Herlong

Surfboards

"Dogie's surfboards were like works of art. Splashed across their rainbow-colored decks were air-brushed paintings of waterfalls and sea dragons and a host of other fantastic creatures. Her favorite painting was a winged horse that looked like part horse and part comet, with its long tail blazing down the length of the board." -Keeper by Kathi Appelt

Show and Tell

Show & Tell: what genre have you been in the mood to read lately?

Do Tell!

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Jump In

"Sometimes, Xander, the best way to start something scar is to just jump in." With that, my tiny, ancient grandma shoves me into the ocean. -Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway

Bookstagram: On the Water

Bookstagram photo featuring KEEPER by Kathi Appelt