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Art & Creativity Middle Grade – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Art & Creativity Middle Grade

Explore middle grade books about art & creativity for children.

99 books

Cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Junior is a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white school in

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The Language of Goldfish

Thirteen-year-old Carrie feels herself drifting away from her family as she tries to hold onto the fading, perfect memor

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Laughing Cavalier

In 1623 Haarlem, Diogenes and his friends defend justice in a swashbuckling tale that reveals the true identity of a fam

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The Blue Cat of Castle Town

Catherine Cate Coblentz

A little blue kitten follows the enchanting Song of the River into the world to meet historical figures and share a mess

Ages 8–12

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Robyn Mundell, Stephan Lacast

For the child grappling with a parent's serious illness, this surreal journey explores how logic and creativity must wor

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Cathy Vickers Trilogy #1

Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman

Sift through doodles, receipts, and secret notes in Cathy’s journal to solve the mystery of her sudden breakup in this i

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The Vanderbeekers #6

The Vanderbeekers on the Road

Karina Yan Glaser

Two young lives separated by a thousand years and a vast ocean are linked by courage as they brave plagues and storms to

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The Five Find-Outers #15

The Mystery of Banshee Towers

The Five Find-Outers and Buster the Dog are on the trail of screaming banshees, a mysterious cottage fire, and a prized

Cover of The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

Russell Freedman

For the child who is beginning to ask why the world isn't always fair and wants to see how a single voice can stand up a

Cover of Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

Captain Underpants #2

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

An army of terrifying talking toilets is on the loose after George and Harold's prank goes wrong, and only a superhero w

Cover of Lemonade Mouth

Lemonade Mouth #1

Mark Peter Hughes

Five high school outcasts find their voices and spark a musical revolution after meeting in a fateful detention session.

Cover of The Big Six

Swallows and Amazons #9

The Coot Club must turn detective on the Norfolk Broads to catch the real villains after being wrongly accused of castin

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The Search for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi

Eva Nine has never met another human, but she is determined to find one as she ventures across a strange alien world wit

Cover of Quranic Vocabulary Picture Book for Children

Quranic Vocabulary Picture Book for Children

Ayesha Arjumand Nayeem

For the child learning to read Arabic who wants to understand the words they see in the Quran, this visual guide builds

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Listen to the Moon

Michael Morpurgo

Merry and her mother board the Lusitania for a dangerous Atlantic crossing, desperate to reach her injured father despit

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The Gospel According to Larry #1

The Gospel According to Larry

Josh is a quiet philosopher with a secret website that is suddenly exploding in popularity, threatening his carefully gu

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #34

The Hidden Window Mystery

Nancy Drew travels to Charlottesville to track down a missing medieval stained-glass window, refusing to let a dangerous

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The Five Find-Outers #11

The Mystery of Holly Lane

The Find-Outers face a vanishing furniture mystery and a long list of suspects as they race against the local policeman

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The Moon Without Stars

Luna's quiet life making zines is turned upside down when a sudden brush with popularity forces her to choose between he

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The Norendy Tales #1

The Puppets of Spelhorst

Five distinct puppets trapped in a sea captain's trunk share dreams of glory and freedom while realizing they are all bo

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The Crow's Tales #2

Victoria E. Pannell, Thorir Sigfusson

For the child who feels like their goals are too big or their voice is too small. A story about finding the courage to p

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Megan E. Freeman

Displaced by a mysterious threat, a group of kids at an evacuation camp investigates a conspiracy that adults are trying

Cover of The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art

The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art

Janet Gaylord Moore

Learn to see through an artist's eyes by exploring various techniques, styles, and creative exercises designed for the b

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #39

The Clue of the Dancing Puppet

A life-sized puppet is performing ghostly shows, sending Nancy Drew and her friends on a search for the truth behind a l

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