***GUEST SERIES BY SIXTH-GRADE DARLA***
Begin the “Start a Book Club” series here.
My large library of books was one of the major reasons I thought I could start a book club, so you might want to start organizing a library, even if it’s small. It helps to talk to adults about your project. I have received many quality book donations from neighbors and family. Just inventory what you need, based on the ages of your participants, and get the word out!
The stories you choose are very important. I go to the public library instead of my own because if you read your own, that narrows down the books that the kids haven’t read, and it is nice to have a variety. The book, Playful Reading: Positive, Fun Ways to Build the Bond Between Preschoolers, Books, and You
Just like a library, you should vertically arrange the books (alphabetically, if you want) on a shelf where kids can reach them. I highly suggest you don’t alphabetize the picture books, because little kids shove the book back anywhere and then the whole alphabetizing process is useless.
TIPS ABOUT BOOK CLUB BOOKS
• First of all you have to love reading. You can’t run a bookclub if you don’t read books.
• It is rather important to have books that the kids can check out as well.
• It’s best to have then eat their treats while listening to the story.
• Read aloud books you’ve checked out from the local library, that way you aren’t reading books that the kids were going to check out
• Funny books are a kids’ favorite, and ones with a repeated “saying” are cool because you can have them say it on that part.
• When you are choosing a story, make sure it’s not too long. If it is too short, pick two to read.
How to Start a Kid’s Book Club series:
Read Across America – Youth Leader for Literacy Project
How to Start Your Own BookWorm Wednesday
Adult Mentor
Book Selection
Activities
Safety
Marketing
Management
Teamwork
Money
This series of articles is a part of Read Across America, sponsored by NEA and Youth Service America. Darla — named one of the 2009 Youth Leaders for Literacy — is sponsoring this campaign to help other youth start book clubs in their neighborhoods. Please come back next week for the continuation of this series, which will end the last week in April, in conjunction with Global Youth Service Day.
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8:26 am
G’day Darla, It just dawned on me that I have a book club too! My set of Janet Evanovich books now circulates between all my friends from Wisconsin to Iowa and the Virgin Islands! I keep records of who has read what and where they are at all times (just like a librarian…lol)
I guess the love of reading is like the “apple” your mom talks about, but it not only falls from the tree, sometimes it sprouts a new tree! WOW
I.L.Y.,
G.M.J.
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