Welcome Readers in Grades K-6!
This fall we will host THREE different book
discussion clubs in September, October & November: Books & Beyond for Kindergarten & grade 1, Junior Readers
for grades 2 & 3 and Family Book Club for grades 4, 5 & 6. Written by popular, award-winning authors,
these timely books should spark some lively, entertaining discussions!
BOOKS AND BEYOND
Wednesdays 3:30-4:15
NEW THIS YEAR is BOOKS & BEYOND for Kindergarteners
& 1st graders, meeting
in the afternoon once a month. We will
talk about a selected book you’ve all read prior to our meeting. Along with a lively discussion will be games,
activities, crafts & refreshments!
Copies of the book to be read will be available at the Children’s
circulation desk to check out starting in August. We strongly encourage parents and children to
read these books together. An adult must
accompany the participant to our book club.
September 7, 2016 Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson.
A pioneer
father transports his beloved fruit trees and family to Oregon, enduring heat,
drought, & blizzards.
October 5, 2016 Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
Rebecca Estelle,
an old woman who has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl, finds herself
with a full crop taking over her farmhouse. How will she ever get rid of them all?
November 2, 2016 Balloons
over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Learn how
puppeteer Tony Sarg created the first helium balloons used in the now
traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
JUNIOR READERS
Wednesdays 7-8 pm
September 28, 2016 Alvin Ho by Lenore Look
Alvin,
afraid of many “scary things” outside his home, wants to make friends and be
like his gentlemanly father. Or at least
more like the boy he is at home: loud, talented, fearless superhero Firecracker
Man!
October 26, 2016 Babymouse for President by Jennifer
& Matt Holm
It’s an
election year! When Babymouse decides to
become president of the student council, she learns that there is more to
running for office than being famous and in charge.
November 30, 2016 The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander
McCall Smith
Before
growing up to become the first female private investigator in Botswana and
running the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,
eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe tracks down a thief who has been stealing her
classmates' snacks and learns the pitfalls of judging others too hastily.
FAMILY BOOK CLUB
Wednesdays 7-8 pm
September 21, 2016 Frindle
by Andrew Clements
When he
decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her,
too clever for his own good Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of
events that quickly moves way beyond his classroom. Think about a word YOU could invent!
October 19, 2016 Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
NEW by the
author of SMILE! Catrina and her family are moving to the
coast of Northern California because little sister Maya is sick and will
benefit from the cool, salty sea air. A
neighbor lets them in on a secret: there are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is determined to meet one, but Cat wants
nothing to do with them.
November 16, 2016 The
Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
Egged on by
his best friend/campaign manager and his former babysitter as running mate, 12 year-old
Judson Moon sets out to become President of the United States. His slogan: “Grown-ups have had 1000 years to
mess things up; now give kids a chance!”
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