Middle Grade

Flower Fairies Magical Doors: Discover the Doors to Fairyopolis (Staff Pick)

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Flower Fairies Magical Doors By Cicely Mary Barker Cover Image
$23.99
ISBN: 9780723263517
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Published: Warne - March 19th, 2009

With beautiful illustrations and interactive pop-ups, this book is about as magical as it gets. I remember getting a book like this for Christmas as a kid, and I wouldn’t open another gift for hours! This book is the perfect gift for any kid, or adult, who loves to keep magic alive all year!

- Emma


An Anthology of our Extraordinary Earth (Staff Pick)

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An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth (DK Children's Anthologies) By Cally Oldershaw Cover Image
$15.83
ISBN: 9780744083903
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Published: DK Children - October 17th, 2023

The newest installment in this beautiful, educational series does not disappoint. It's gorgeous inside and out and the graphic design is sophisticated enough to have appeal for older audiences as well.

- Stacey


Cupcake Diaries Collection (Staff Pick)

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The Cupcake Diaries Collection (Boxed Set): Katie and the Cupcake Cure; Mia in the Mix; Emma on Thin Icing; Alexis and the Perfect Recipe By Coco Simon Cover Image
$22.39
ISBN: 9781442484450
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Published: Simon Spotlight - October 30th, 2012

Following four best friends and their bizarre baking adventures, The Cupcake Diaries is a sweet addition to any young reader's library. Each book features an adventure through the plights of middle school and running a, you guessed it, cupcake business! These books got me hooked onto reading as a kid. (And in case you're worried, no, I never got cavities from consuming this scrumptious series!)

- Cindy


A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories (Staff Pick)

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A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories: 12 Tales from the world's most famous playwright (World Full of...) By Angela McAllister, Alice Lindstrom (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.24
ISBN: 9781786031150
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - September 6th, 2018

Drawing on both Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies, this is a fun way to introduce your children to the bard. Alice Lindstrom's collage-style illustrations really bring the stories to life.

- James


The Tea Dragon Society Box Set (Staff Pick)

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The Tea Dragon Society Box Set By K. O'Neill Cover Image
$51.19
ISBN: 9781637150740
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Published: Oni Press - July 19th, 2022

Beautifully illustrated and heartwarmingly tender, this collection of the complete Tea Dragon Society is the perfect gift for someone who needs a pick me up, loves tea lore, or just enjoys the sweet things in life.

- Jen


Found (Staff Pick)

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Found (The Missing #1) By Margaret Peterson Haddix Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781416954217
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - April 21st, 2009

One day at an airport, a plane appears out of thin air...and its only passengers are 36 babies. When they become teenagers, they start receiving mysterious letters that tell them they're "one of the missing," and so begins Chip and Jonah's mission to uncover the secrets of their past. The perfect page turner for any young reader!

- Alyssa


The Mona Lisa Vanishes (Staff Pick)

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity By Nicholas Day, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Nicholas Day, Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593643846
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Published: Random House Studio - September 5th, 2023

How could someone steal the most famous painting in the world? Well as it turns out, it was easy; ridiculously, disapointingly, easy.

- John


A Bit of Earth (Staff Pick)

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A Bit of Earth By Karuna Riazi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063098664
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Published: Greenwillow Books - March 14th, 2023

You know a retelling is really outstanding when you forget while reading it that it's not, in fact, the original. A Bit of Earth preserves all the good from The Secret Garden while modernizing the tale. I especially loved Maria Latif, a hurt and angry and lost little girl who learns to open herself up again.

- Katherine


The Nighthouse Keeper (Staff Pick)

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The Nighthouse Keeper (Blight Harbor) By Lora Senf Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781665934633
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - October 17th, 2023

Evie is at it again, adventuring out to rescue the ghosts of Blight Harbor- this time from the nefarious Nighthouse Keeper. With the help of Lark and a plump ghost spider, can she rescue her ghostly friends or will she, too, fall prey to the dark?

- Jen


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