The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
About the Book… If your kid is as obsessed with fairy tales as my two are, then they should love The Land of Stories series by...
Bookworm Bookclub
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Book #28 – The Vindico by Wesley King
About the Book… Our school invited author Wesley King to speak to the Grade 7 and 8 students and he was funny, approachable, and humble....
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Book #27 – Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
About the Book… Anticipating the Forest of Reading’s Silver Birch Awards, we selected Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch as our next book. I was...
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Book #26 – Uglies by Scott Westerfield
About the Book… When we were selecting this next book, I was glad we picked this one. The back of the book described a society...
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Starting Your Own Kids’ Book Club
Getting Started The obvious first step to starting a kids’ book club is to find some members. We started with six kids which has been...
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Book #25 -The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
About the Book… In honour of how much I love Halloween, we read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman as our October book. Members in...
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Book #24 – The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
The Bookworm Bookclub began its fourth year welcoming two new members. The seven girls are in Grades 6 and 7 – a hard combination to...
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Summer 2012 Reads
In keeping with tradition, I gave each member a book to read over the summer. The books were recommended this year by a wonderful woman...
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Book #23 – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
About the Book… Our final book for the season was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The girls were bugging me for months about doing...
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Book #22 – City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
About the Book… As 22 is my lucky number, it seems fitting that Book #22 was one of my most favourite books so far. The...