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Crow of a Boy

If Douglas was a crow of a boy, then Lowell Pumphrey was his pal scarecrow. —DEATH AND DOUGLAS by J. W. Ocker

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 26, 2023August 28, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: BirdsLeave a comment on Crow of a Boy

I SPY … feathers!

I SPY: Feathers featuring the book covers of FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX by R. L. LaFevers; FLEDGELING by Lucy Hope; STRANGE BIRDS by Celia C. Perez; and OF A FEATHER by Dayna Lorentz.

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Can you find a Middle Grade book that features a feather on the front cover? Add to our collection in the comments.

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 22, 2023August 24, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Birds, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … feathers!

Chicken Legs

My house has chicken legs. Two or three times a year, without warning, it stands up in the middle of the night and walks away from where we’ve been living. —THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS by Sophie Anderson

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Book Spotting!

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

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 20, 2023January 6, 2023Format ImageCategories Book Spotting!Tags #BookSpottingLeave a comment on Book Spotting!

No Choice

Ever seen a line of newly hatched ducklings jump one after the other into a stream? Not knowing what was coming, but with no choice but to follow the others, and to leap and hope? That was us, going through that door. —THE CREEPING SHADOW by Jonathan Stroud

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I SPY … bird names!

I SPY: Bird Names featuring the book covers of A GIRL CALLED OWL by Amy Wilson; NEVERMOOR: THE TRIALS OF MORRIGAN CROW by Jessica Townsend; FREEING FINCH by Ginny Rorby; and THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE by Shawn K. Stout.

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Can you find a Middle Grade book that features someone with a bird-inspired name? Add to our collection in the comments.

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 15, 2023August 24, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Birds, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … bird names!

Smarty Pants

Mrs. Hoskins across the street has a parrot named Smarty Pants who can say the alphabet all the way up to Q. —DANGER! TIGER CROSSING by Lin Oliver

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Book Spotting!

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

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Feathers and Droppings

“One of the long windows of the hall flew open with a clap and let in a stream of birds. Most of them were ordinary birds: sparrows, starlings, pigeons, blackbirds, and thrushes, swooping around the hall in vast numbers and shedding feathers and droppings as they swooped.” —WITCH WEEK by Diana Wynne Jones

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