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The Human Tongue

There’s this totally false map of the human tongue. It’s supposed to show where we taste different things, like salty on one side of the tongue, sweet in the front, bitter in the back. Some guy drew it a hundred years ago, and people have been forcing kids to memorize it ever since. —LIAR AND SPY by Rebecca Stead

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on November 14, 2023September 28, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: TasteLeave a comment on The Human Tongue

I SPY … fruits!

I SPY: Fruits featuring the book covers of THE PEAR AFFAIR by Judith Eagle; WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU MANGOS by Kereen Getten; LEMONS by Melissa Savage; and APPLE CRUSH by Lucy Knisley.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on November 10, 2023September 28, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Taste, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … fruits!

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Chocolate Pudding

Katybird tucked her knees under her chin and covertly fished a bag of jelly beans she’d swiped from storage out of a drawer. A happy mood called for lime-flavored beans, thoughtful times needed root beer, and anger demanded cinnamon. Today’s flavor was chocolate pudding, the flavor of soul-sucking misery. She commenced her brooding. —CATTYWAMPUS by Ash Van Otterloo

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on November 7, 2023September 28, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: TasteLeave a comment on Chocolate Pudding

I SPY … sweet!

I SPY: Sweet featuring the book covers of SWEETNESS ALL AROUND by Suzanne Supplee; SWEET AND SOUR by Debbi Michiko Florence; STARS SO SWEET by Tara Dairman; and SWEET HOME ALASKA by Carole Estby Dagg.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on November 3, 2023September 28, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Taste, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … sweet!

Enjoy It

“Autumn—Halloween especially—was her favorite time of year. She was determined to enjoy it properly, even if her family was moving. But as the trees whizzed by in an orange-and-ruby fury, Tennie’s nerves couldn’t settle.” —A TOUCH OF RUCKUS by Ash Van Otterloo

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on October 31, 2023September 25, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: Fall / AutumnLeave a comment on Enjoy It

I SPY … fall woods!

I SPY: Fall Woods featuring the book covers of LITTLE CAT'S LUCK by Marion Dane Bauer; THE WILD PATH by Sarah R. Baughman; WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU by Tommy Hays; and SPARK by M. G. Leonard.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on October 27, 2023September 24, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Fall / Autumn, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … fall woods!

Book Spotting!

Book Spotting: can you tell which Middle Grade book cover this sneak peek is taken from?

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Changing Seasons

A gracious September and a mellow October were succeeded by a soft and sad November, when long silken lines of rain slanted across the sere hillsides. —PAT OF SILVER BUSH by L.M. Montgomery

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on October 24, 2023September 25, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: Fall / AutumnLeave a comment on Changing Seasons

I SPY … fall leaves!

I SPY: Fall Leaves featuring the book covers of THE BELLWOODS GAME by Celia Krampien; THE ODDS OF GETTING EVEN by Sheila Turnage; BEFORE THE EVER AFTER by Jacqueline Woodson; and THE HAUNTING OF AVELINE JONES by Phil Hickes.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on October 20, 2023September 24, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Fall / Autumn, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … fall leaves!

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