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I SPY … parrots!

I SPY: Parrots featuring the book covers of TROUBLE AT THE TANGERINE by Gillian McDunn; THE HOUSE OF ONE HUNDRED CLOCKS by A. M. Howell; WINGS IN THE WIND by Margarita Engle; and BEYOND THE LAUGHING SKY by Michelle Cuevas.

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

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 8, 2023August 24, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Birds, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … parrots!

Wise and Handsome

“All that week Ramona stared at the owls above the blackboard. Cross-eyed owls, paste-waster’s owls with eyes that had skidded off in all directions, one-eyed owls made by those so anxious not to waste paste they had not used enough, and right in the center Susan’s wise and handsome owl copied from Ramona’s owl.” —RAMONA THE BRAVE by Beverly Cleary

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Discover more Middle Grade books about birds during the month of September!

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 7, 2023August 28, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: BirdsLeave a comment on Wise and Handsome

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

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Birdsong

“Nashville’s mother had a voice like footsteps in new winter snow. Some say the birds in Goosepimple sang differently after they heard her. Some say they were never the same.” —BEYOND THE LAUGHING SKY by Michelle Cuevas

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on September 5, 2023August 28, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: BirdsLeave a comment on Birdsong

Mix and Match

"For as long as Raffa could remember, he had possessed a keen instinct for apothecary. At times, combining botanicals felt to him like mixing colors, adding ingredients until the huses in his mind matched or complimented each other." —FOREST OF WONDERS by Linda Sue Park

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Discover more Middle Grade books about pairings or opposites during the month of August!

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on August 31, 2023August 10, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: Pairings & OppositesLeave a comment on Mix and Match

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

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Courage & Fear

"I learned that courage and fear always come as a pair. If you've got one inside you, you've surely got the other." —THE KEY TO EXTRAORDINARY by Natalie Lloyd

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on August 29, 2023August 10, 2023Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags #MGCarousel Topic: Pairings & OppositesLeave a comment on Courage & Fear

I SPY … two!

I SPY: Two featuring the book covers of WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech; THE TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE by Gail Carson Levine; TWO NAOMIS by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Audrey Vernick; and THE TWO WRONG HALVES OF RUBY TAYLOR by Amanda Panitch.

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Can you find a Middle Grade book that features ‘two’ in the title? Add to our collection in the comments.

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on August 27, 2023August 9, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Pairings & Opposites, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … two!

I SPY … opposites!

I SPY: Opposites featuring the book covers of TAYLOR BEFORE AND AFTER by Jennie Englund; MEENA LOST AND FOUND by Karla Manternach; GIVE AND TAKE by Elly Swartz; and NOOKS & CRANNIES by Jessica Lawson.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on August 25, 2023August 9, 2023Format ImageCategories I SPYTags #MGCarousel Topic: Pairings & Opposites, I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … opposites!

Together

"A hero and a storyteller. They go together. You can't have one without the other." —THIS IS NOT A WEREWOLF STORY by Sandra Evans

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