NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, 11/17/10 at 6:30PM in the cafeteria.

Please join us.

Our next book will be The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963 by Paul Christopher Curtis.

More about that later!
Mary Ann Rupcich

A List of All The Books, So Far!

1. The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Betty Birney

2. Christopher Mouse, The Tale of A Small Traveler
William Wise

3. Ribsy
Beverly Cleary

4. James and The Giant Peach
Roald Dahl

5. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo

6. The Ghost, The White House and Me
Judith St. George

7. Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen

8. The BFG
Roald Dahl

9. The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Patterson

10. Jack On The Tracks
Jack Gantos

11. Little House In The Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder

12. Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi

13. Loser
Jerry Spinelli

14. The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo

15. Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

16. The Trumpet of The Swan
E. B. White

FIRST MEETING OF 2010-11 SCHOOL YEAR

About 20 families including 35 children gathered on Wednesday 10/6/10 in the school cafeteria to talk about and celebrate Shiloh, our first book of the year!

Dave Bakke from the State Journal Register visited the event and the linked article about our club resulted. Thanks to the Tamam family for sharing about their involvement with our Family Read Aloud Club.

http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x835151729/Dave-Bakke-School-book-club-helps-mom-too

The Davis family even brought their two beagle puppies to add a touch of realism to the event.

One of the puppies, Max (I think), even had stitches on his leg in almost the same place Shiloh had stitches. Dalton got down on the floor and demonstrated how Marty played with Shiloh. Daisy did what any beagle puppy would do, started licking his face and trying to get under him!

Parents talked about the book while kids drew pictures to share later. Some adults thought the book was a little heavy in parts and wondered about "editing" as they read. Others thought that it was not as "heavy" as some of our past selections and that the kids could handle the realism.

The kids seemed to focus on the German Shepherd's cruelty to Shiloh rather than that mean old Judd (the bad guy)!

Puppy Chow was enjoyed along with cookies and milk as was the playground until it got too dark.

Our new book is The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White and will be available on Friday 10/8/10 for $5.25. Contact Mary Ann Rupcich at marupcich@springfield.k12.il.us to receive your copy.