Goodbye Gilly, Hello Geppetto!!

A small group of faithful members of the Family Read Aloud Club huddled in Class 114 because it was too cold in the cafeteria last Wednesday evening. While we drank coffee and milk and munched on homemade cookies and cake, we talked about our book. Some of us had not quite finished the book yet, but were nearly there!

The kids were not too interested in discussing or drawing about this book. It was a little old for most of them. The adults had a pretty deep conversation about this somber book. Some of the big ideas we were left with were: home is where you are, not where you want to be, and perhaps love comes not from needing someone but from being needed by them...and maybe not!

Each of us took a copy of Pinocchio home for the holidays! I think the kids will get into this story. They might even think the book is better than the movie!! It usually is!

Our next meeting will be on THURSDAY, 1/28/10. We are trying a different day of the week this time and we are giving ourselves a little more time to finish the book.

HERE'S HOPIN'!!
Happy Holidays and don't forget to read!
Mary Ann

NEXT MEETING---NEXT WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, 12/9/09
6:30PM in the cafeteria

THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS
will be our topic!

Pinocchio, our next book,
will be distributed!

Come for the conversation!
Come for the books!!
Come for the cookies!!!

Mary Ann Rupcich
marupcich@springfield.k12.il.us