Book Club Revival

The book club members are now in 6th grade. The book club took a short gap to only start back up after 2 yrs with a vengeance! The board members wish Saryu and Annika the best time and hope the long term relationship will make the friendship only stronger and longer.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Sunday. February 28th)

The Nose In Book Club resumed again on Sunday, February 28th after a long break during the holidays. It was the first meet for 2015. The book was: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein.

TropicalSeed and Secrets&Sweets gave a summary of the book. they highly recommend the book which had very interesting ideas on how a library can be. The book was completed in record time.

We talked about why each of them liked the book. There was Character Interview. Character Switch, a Genre Game and Snacks! The Book Club met at Aspen Library to commemorate the theme of the book.

Their agenda was rich, their character interview was thought-provoking and their observations were intelligent.

The next book is a classic, Moby Dick by Herman Melville and our meet is scheduled for Sunday, March 8th at the Aspen Library.

Sarah Plain and Tall Meet (Sunday, November 2nd)

The Nose In Book Club met on Sunday, November 2nd to discuss their book "Sarah Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan. TropicalSeed and Secrets&Sweets gave a summary of the book. We discussed about how times have changed from then to now.

We talked about the favorite parts of the book and another book that we were reminded of -Laura Ingells Wilder's (The Little House in the Big Woods). Secrets&Sweets' favorite part was when Sarah arrives at Anna's house and TropicalSeed's was when they jump in the cow pond and learn to float.

Tropical Seed and Secrets&Sweets did a Character interview of Anna (the narrator) and Sarah (the main character). Their interviews were intelligent, thought-provoking and profound.

It was a great meet and we look forward to our next pick and meet.

On Thursday, June 12th, the Nose in Book club met

Tropical Seed and Secrets&Sweets met on Thursday, June 13th for the "Little House in the Big Woods" book club meet.

The club discussed the book summary and their favorite parts. The common favorite was Charlie being stung by the bees. We played a Scavenger Hunt looking for things from the book, a word game and had a story theater.

It was a lot of fun! Can't wait for the next one...What will the next book? :)

Next Meet Pick-The Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingell Wilder

Told from four-year-old Laura's point-of-view, this story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, since they must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also exciting as Laura and her family celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town. And every night they are safe and warm in their little house, with the happy sound of Pa's fiddle sending Laura and her sisters off to sleep

The kick off was awesome!

The Nose In Book Club met on Sunday, April 13th @ 4pm.
We said our hi's and had our snacks before we kicked off the session with a book summary.

Secrets&Sweets and TropicalSeed gave an excellent overview of  "No Talking" by Andrew Clements.

We played a game of charades with topics related to the story. Some examples were: Coughing, Humming, Unsushables, Arguing, Challenge and so on....The team did a great job figuring out most of the words.

Next, we discussed a few topics about the book and the plot.

Three new words were identified:
- Stereotype
- Patroit
- Discrimination

As a follow up task-the team will each write sentences for these words and a poem with each line not more than 3 words before April 27th.

Can't wait for the next meet which is to be decided...:)

1st Meet

Our NoseInBook club meets on Sunday, Apr 13th 2014. Our book is No Talking by Andrew Clements.

It is about fifth grade boys who are very noise and they challenge the fifth grade girls to a No Talking contest. Here is a link to the book.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235127.No_Talking

Club members, don't forget to pick up your copy from the library and read through it for our upcoming meet. We will discuss the book...