Book Club

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Book Club

Week 4

Parents can decide which group
they want children in.

Natives = Storytime (kids come & listen & learn)

Pioneers & Explorers = Book Club (come with your book read & be ready to discuss & do)

Great care was taken in selecting these books with many different criteria in mind. No two families have the same priorities or goals in mind for their school and we've tried to keep many of the different priorities in mind. One of the reasons we've made the program so flexible (for a month or more you can choose to have your child in a different age group to accommodate a book they or you would prefer) and also published the book list ahead of time is to give the parent as much information as possible in choosing to have their children in this program. Another criteria we used was how many copies of any given book the library has available versus how many families we have in the program. Some families will have to wait for books. Please be generous and return books to the library as soon as you're done with them, so another family can check it out. We have tried to do this to the best of our ability and are satisfied with the chosen list of books.

	Natives Preschool - 1st grade	Pioneers 1st - 4th grade	Explorers 4th - 7th grade
Sept	My Five Senses	Johnny Appleseed, Gini Holland	Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Oct	Pet Parade	Each child brings a favorite poem.	A Kick In The Head : An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms, Paul B. Janeczko
Nov	It's About Time	Nate the Great, Marjorie Sharmat	Detectives in Togas, Winterfeld
Dec	Children Around the World	Cinderella (stories from around the world)	**Cheaper by the Dozen, Frank B. Gilbreth
Jan	What's Cookin'?	The Littles	King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle
Feb	Wind & Weather	Weather Presentation by a local TV Weatherman - No book to read ahead	***Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science, John Fleischman
March	Good Health Friends	The Princess and the Pea, Hans Christian Anderson	Through My Eyes (Autobiography of Ruby Bridges), Ruby Bridges
April	Spring Has Sprung	The Mouse & the Motorcycle, Beverly Cleary	Gentle Ben, Walt Morey
May	Farm Friends	Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White	Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes

** Review of possible objections parents may want to "gloss over" in Cheaper by the Dozen, Frank B. Gilbreth by a homeschool mom :

Here's a list of the things in Cheaper by the Dozen that parents might want to be aware of before having a child read it on his own:
      There is some mild language in the book, including taking the Lord's name in vain. (Mother doesn't approve. She refers to any swear words as "Eskimo.")
     In one instance, the family accidentally leaves a child behind at a restaurant they stopped at for lunch. This restaurant was, apparently, less than reputable in the evening hours and Dad gets propositioned when he goes back to look for the child.
     A member of a national birth control organization comes to town to try to start a local chapter.
     One of the boys who has been dating Anne is caught window-peeping.   The other siblings take care of him.
     Overall, it's a positive, though realistic, portrayal of life in a large family.
     Hope this helps. My kids were thrilled to see this book on the list.     ~Mom

*** Review of Phineas Gage from Amazon: This book may be too graphic for some kids, but is full of factual science. "This book is so chock full of blood, splattered brains, busted skulls, and other goopy beginnings that your intended audience, whatever the age, will be hanging on your every word."

If you are volunteering for a club and are unsure what supplies you'll need to bring and which are provided, check the Supplies List (what we have & what we need) on the Expectations Page.