Question of the Day: How did you earn cash when you were a child?
Show & Tell – Make it Rain
Tag: middle grade series
Quote of the Day – The Magic Misfits
“I practice levitation,” Theo said, “As in, making things float in the air. You saw my work earlier today.”
“I love learning about transformation,” Ridley added. She pulled a top hat off a nearby shelf, moved it behind her wheelchair, and when it reappeared it had become a book with a top hat on the cover. “I like to change objects from one to another.”
“And I escape!” Leila said. “Dad, can you please chain me upside down in a tank full of water?”
“I can, and I will – when you turn eighteen,” Mr. Vernon said.
–The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris
Read by Color
A Week Without Tuesday by Angelica Banks
Cover art by Stevie Lewis
Quote of the Day – Serafina and the Black Cloak
“Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, both dark and bright, and they will ensnare your soul.”
–Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Read by Color
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver & H. C. Chester
Cover art by Benjamin Lacombe
Quote of the Day – The Wizard of Oz
The sky darkened, and a low rumbling sound was heard in the air. There was a rushing of many wings; a great chattering and laughing; and the sun came out of the dark sky to show the Wicked Witch surrounded by a crowd of monkeys, each with a pair of immense and powerful wings on his shoulders.
–The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Read by Color
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
Cover art by Geneviève Godbout
Quote of the Day – The Magic Misfits
He loved to lose himself in books about ideas like hope and strength and wonder, but also about things like train engineers, gymnastics, and pie recipes. Over time, he became good at fending for himself. He also became an expert cartwheeler and dreamer of sugary treats.
–The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris
Quote of the Day – The League of Unexceptional Children
Jonathan twirled the combination to his locker, his stomach in knots. He still didn’t feel ready to be a spy. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even feel ready to read a spy novel. And yet, he was seconds away from receiving his first mission.
–The League of Unexceptional Children by Gitty Daneshvari
Favorite Fiction – All the Wrong Questions
Question of the Day: What was the last book that kept you up late?
