Reading group choices is your resource for book recommendations, book club discussion topics, and reading group guides. Just because adult book clubs tend to focus on a long discussion of the book doesnt mean you have to when creating a book club for kids. Dont toss old books when you decide to get a kindle or a nook, you can make fun crafts from them, to give as gifts or to decorate your home. Select a number of questions, write each on an index card, and distribute. Whether your book club is a few close friends or a larger group, hosting a book club party still takes some amount of planning. Similarly, with recently published books, you and your book club could plan around a book tour thats coming to your town. If youre looking for a fiction title for your book club that will provide plenty of material for discussion, here are 72 possibilities. Its also helpful to have one person designated as the leader to keep the discussion flowing and make sure everyone who wants to contribute gets their chance. Read on for some additional multicultural night activity ideas. Many book club titles are popularized by independent booksellers. Look for agriculture fairs, rodeos, history or renaissance fairs, food festivals, art shows, car shows, science shows, holiday events, and so on, and choose a book with a topic that relates to one of these events, timing the completion of the book to be finished when your book club can attend. Here are some tried and true decoupage ideas and also some new and novel ones.
If you are starting a book club yourself, you may need some ideas for creating a fun group that people will come back to time after time. Go ahead and take that train ride in disguise with your adult history book club, or pass secret notes at the coffee house without anyone seeing with other grownups of your spy novel club. The dobetter manual by luvvie ajayi npr best books 2016. Shes generously allowed us to share her this guide for others who might want to do the same. Sep, 2017 so yeah, food is a big deal when it comes to teens and library programs. Car shows most larger cities have a yearly car show that. The yoga planet deck gives us lots of ideas for getting in tune with and protecting our world. Successful groups select good books, have interesting discussions, and foster community. Jun 25, 2014 five winning books for an activitybased book club geronimo stilton series, by geronimo stilton scholastic, grades. Highly illogical behavior by john corey whaley npr best books 2016. Finding the right book club book is easy when you follow these helpful tips. Consider adding a book themed craft, like making cool book covers for your books.
Choose one question at a time and toss it out to the group. Book club ideas to breathe new life into your book club. This way you can gauge how other groups might be similar to yours or find new titles to explore. This is the fourth installment in a series of posts with ideas and suggestions for running effective literacy circles or book clubs with students from second grade through high school. Book club ideas kid through adult great group activities. Ive compiled all the book club ideas for tweens that youll need to get started with a tween book club of your own. Illustrated,and the car mags with the girls on the cars in. Most of these i pulled out of my own head or looked through old posts i wrote.
Geronimo the italian journalist rodent has penned dozens of highly illustrated earlyreader chapter books. Even in my own how to books, i always mix activities kids will recognize with new activities they may want to try. Feb 08, 2016 similarly, with recently published books, you and your book club could plan around a book tour thats coming to your town. Book club discussion questions of course you have the gossip and the wine to look forward to, but you might want an excuse to ensure you get some discussion time in. Books for an elementarylevel book club my good friend and neighbordownthestreet hosts a twicemonthly book club for her two elementary students and my two. Look for book related future local events and time them as a finale activity. Annual fishing trip we go once a year to a nearby spot, only a few can go but we have a blast. Its an opportunity to have fun, meet an author, and ask questions. Book club extras bookish outings, crafts, gifts, and more october 28, 2015 by sheila 4 comments while not necessary, it can be fun to add on some extras to your book club. Small great things by jodi picoult book club discussion. See more ideas about book crafts, crafts, book lovers.
Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. This free printable makes for the perfect conversation starter and to keep at least part of the discussion focused on your latest read. Bloggers zandra and karen june, the team behind the blog little yellow couch, host a libraryinspired book club gathering with plenty of. Friendship crafts, activities, games, and printables kidssoup. Or, is the team struggling with the last few books youve read. Apr 3, 2019 the best books for book clubs plus discussion questions and more. Book club extras bookish outings, crafts, gifts, and more. So yeah, food is a big deal when it comes to teens and library programs. Dec 08, 2016 for some reason, i dont often run out of content ideas. As stated in previous sections of this series, mini lessons are not a necessary part of literacy circlesbook. Apr 22, 2015 part of my job is to organize and facilitate our youth book club. Our activities are widely used by teachers, moms, dads, child care providers and more. Five winning books for an activitybased book club geronimo stilton series, by geronimo stilton scholastic, grades. Mar 31, 2014 vintage meets modern in these clever and crafty librarianinspired book club party ideas created by zandra and karen june, of the blog little yellow couch.
Craftsa little of this and a little of that make for hours of indoor craft fun for kids. It might surprise you just how many types of crafts you can create. They engage in sharing and caring activities, games, songs, rhymes, literature, and snacks. Keep the mood of the club in mind when selecting the book. Each member or a team of 23 takes a card and answers the question.
Book club parties are a good way to get friends together and have great discussion over appetizers, drinks, or brunch. See more ideas about crafts, crafts for kids and fun crafts. I feel like i always have too many ideas in my head at once and want to post them all immediately. Vintage meets modern in these clever and crafty librarianinspired book club party ideas created by zandra and karen june, of the blog little yellow couch. Invite members of the community from other countries to talk about and demonstrate the games they played as youth. Set in england during world war ii, this is the emotionally charged story of ada, a 9yearold with a clubfoot who has been made to feel that she is unworthy of love and a normal life by her own mother. Part of my job is to organize and facilitate our youth book club. Some clubs have one member who enjoys leading all discussions. As you are traveling, stop by local booksellers in the towns that you are visiting and ask them what books the groups in their towns are enjoying for their book club discussions.
Throughout the reading club sessions, teachers roam from classroom to classroom to facilitate book discussions and to assist in arts and crafts projects. Decoupageintroduce kids to an old craft process that can be used to update many ordinary items. Is the group on a roll and ready to tackle that long thick book youve been talking about for months. I figured i would share some really general blog post ideas for book bloggers. The heart of a great book club is great discussion books, but a great book isnt necessarily the same thing as a great book club book more on this later. Appoint a club memberwhoever selected the book or the person who is hosting. All our activities are available at no cost and are free to print and share. I do smaller assemblies on almost a biweekly basis. Sarah wilson, a reader and mom in nashville, tn recently told us of her experience reading a wrinkle in time with her parentchild book club. Ive been looking for ways to make book clubs less static and academic. Save over 20% credits will not expire, so you can use them at any time. Two books is a club run by musician florence welch, the. They read the same book, then gather to talk about the characters and.
Instead of doing literature as a separate subject with the exception of studying shakespeare, our elementary kids have a twicemonthly book club that they love. For some reason, i dont often run out of content ideas. See lesson 4 of this lesson plan for teaching ideas on this topic. Oct 28, 2015 book club extras bookish outings, crafts, gifts, and more october 28, 2015 by sheila 4 comments while not necessary, it can be fun to add on some extras to your book club. When i was a kid, my dads regular response to our cries of boredom was always. This can be as simple as going around the group taking it in turns to introduce yourself and saying what you like to read and what youre looking forward to about the book club if youre new or what you. Discussions about diversity in childrens literature poetically describe books as mirrors or windows for readers. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions. This is a literary analysis technique called close reading. Whether you enjoy the emotional thrillers from liane moriarty or the dark and twisty variety from gillian flynn, you will also want to check these books out as you search for potential book ideas for book club in this genre. Or, acting as coaches, have 914 year olds organize and put on a multicultural game tournament for younger children.
One of the best book club ideas for how to get the conversation started is to go around and have each person share whether they liked the read, plus one topic theyd like to talk about. At your first book club meeting, or whenever new people join your reading group, its good to spend a bit of time getting to know each other. Even if your members are used to being part of group discussions and are good at listening to each other, it can still be a good idea to have somebody lead the meeting, in part to make sure that everyones voices get heard but also to come prepared with thoughts on what topics would be good to discuss, so if the conversation starts to run dry in one. Historical fiction, adventure, empathybuilding stories its about. Take notes or mark passages that strike youpassages you find significant, funny, or insightful. For our 1st meeting i pulled about 20 books and had the kids choose their top 5. Book recommendations, tips and tricks for good discussions, and more. Litcourse 3 has a good discussion of close reading. Feb 03, 2018 14 online book clubs you can join right now.
Even in my own how to books, i always mix activities. Oct 09, 2015 the heart of a great book club is great discussion books, but a great book isnt necessarily the same thing as a great book club book more on this later. Games to break the ice at book discussion groups and other. Bloggers zandra and karen june, the team behind the blog little yellow couch, host a libraryinspired book club gathering with plenty of vintage touches. In addition, while the reading clubs are taking place, teachers provide training to the parents of the attending children on how to continue the benefits of the reading club by reading to. Find discussion books, contests, and reading lists. However, be careful of letting your common sense tell you any of the book club ideas are too youthful for grownup book clubs, if thats what youre dealing with. The plant seeds of friendship and friendship quilt activities are excellent starting.
You have come to the right place if you are looking for fun, engaging and exciting health and hygiene themed activities to do with toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners. Preschool and kindergarten friendship crafts, activities, games, and printables. Ideas on starting a teen book club in your school library. If youre ready to start a book club, heres 40 of the best book club questions, for fiction. Use specific passages from the book as evidence for your ideas. After students have read chapter 2, written in their logs, and met with their book club. Minilessons that support effective book clubs center for. You can also decorate your own superhero cuffs and pledge to become a planet protector. A nationwide book club bringing readers together to discuss. Children celebrate the joys of making and having friends with our friendship theme. Read, discuss, repeat see more ideas about books, book club books and reading.
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