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Bookstagram: Wild Child

Bookstagram photo featuring Serafina and the Twisted Staff by Robert Beatty

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Like Clockwork

"All around her skittered the little silver spiders, ticking away in a chorus of clockwork. They shot at her legs, trying to stab her with their deadly needles, while their glowing red eyes tracked her every move." -Freaks by Kieran Larwood

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 26, 2020January 8, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: Kieran LarwoodLeave a comment on Like Clockwork

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

 

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 25, 2020August 16, 2019Format ImageCategories Book Spotting!Tags #BookSpottingLeave a comment on Book Spotting!

Fine Dining

"At The Girl on the Red Swing if you ordered a steak it came on a waffle, if you ordered fish and chips it came on a waffle, if you ordered waffles they came on a waffle." -Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 24, 2020January 8, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: Polly HorvathLeave a comment on Fine Dining

I SPY … red dragons!

Book covers for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente; The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis; The Secret Dragon by Ed Clarke; The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao; The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan; and The Basque Dragon by Adam Gidwitz & Jessie Casey

Can you spot a red dragon on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 23, 2020January 9, 2020Format ImageCategories I SPYTags I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … red dragons!

Little Red Hen

"My mother interrupted us by giving me a head of lettuce and the salad spinner and handing my father the spoon to stir the chili. This is because she is a really big fan of the Little Red Hen story. Anyone who expects o eat something in our house should expect to help make it." -Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 21, 2020January 8, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: Sara PennypackerLeave a comment on Little Red Hen

Bookstagram: From the Rainbow Bookshelf

Bookstagram photo featuring red books on a shelf

Unknown's avatarAuthor Elza KindePosted on January 19, 2020January 17, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel BookstagramLeave a comment on Bookstagram: From the Rainbow Bookshelf

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

 

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 18, 2020August 16, 2019Format ImageCategories Book Spotting!Tags #BookSpottingLeave a comment on Book Spotting!

I SPY … red clothes!

Book covers for Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard; RED: The (Fairly True Tale of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff; Hundred Percent by Karen Romano Young; The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer; Hook's Revenge by Heidi Schulz; and Tight by Torrey Maldonado

Can you spot characters sporting red on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 15, 2020January 9, 2020Format ImageCategories CHALLENGESTags I SPYLeave a comment on I SPY … red clothes!

Hiding Place

"In their hidden nook of the island, the boy with the red backpack and his elephant keep as close together as matching socks in a drawer. The boy tucks his cheek against the ruffles under the elephant's chin, and the elephant keeps watch over the boy from whatever dangers might be lurking close at hand." -Backpack Boy by Nate Philbrick

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on January 14, 2020January 8, 2020Format ImageCategories #MGCarousel Book QuotesTags Author: Nate PhilbrickLeave a comment on Hiding Place

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