Library Lunch Book Club Bonanza

Last week we kicked off not one but two Book Clubs in the library! The 5th Grade Library Lunch Book Club met, chowed down and discussed Andrew Clement's novel LOST AND FOUND. Overall, the group liked the book. Briefly, the story is about twins Jay Ray and Ray Jay. When Ray Jay is sick and absent on the first day of their new school, Jay Ray realizes that no one in the school even realizes that his twin brother exists. It seems like a dream come true! Finally the freedom to be an individual with no one gawking at the identical twins seems very welcome. But in time, it becomes clear that pretending there is one new boy - not two - is very difficult, dishonest and impossible to deny.

As the mother of identical twin girls, I found this book particularly intriguing, and I think all of the Book Club members were sympathetic to the plight of identical twins. We agreed that being identical twins has a few pros but also a lot of cons! How would you like it if no one could ever tell who you were?

At the 4th grade Book Club we discussed a novel also written by the prolific author Andrew Clements. We discussed the very entertaining book NO TALKING. When boys and girls compete to be quiet at Laketon Elementary teachers think its a gift...initially! But in order to communicate the 6th graders in the book need to get pretty creative when it comes to communicating! We tried our own NO TALKING experiment during our Book Club lunch and it was both challenging and funny. We hope to try it out in a classroom some time this year...I have to talk to Mr. Willis bout that:)

The 3rd, 4th and 5th grade Library Lunch Book Clubs are a fun way for readers to share ideas - and often laughs! Next on our reading list...THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET (soon to be a movie!) by Brian Selnick for 5th Graders and SCUMBLE by Ingrid Law for 3rd & 4th graders. Reading is a joy, sharing what we've read is just plain fun!