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Bookstagram: Wild Child

Bookstagram photo featuring Serafina and the Twisted Staff by Robert Beatty

"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

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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

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

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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

Bookstagram: From the Rainbow Bookshelf

Bookstagram photo featuring red books on a shelf

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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

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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