Leading a Book Discussion
BOOKS
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The Mother-daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of Reading by Shireen Dodson
372.4162 Dod
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Talk About Books!: A Guide for Book Clubs, Literature Circles, and Discussion Groups, Grades 4 - 8 by Elizabeth Knowles
J PT 372.41 Kno
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Great Books for Boys: More Than 600 Books for Boys 2 to 14 by Kathleen Odean
J PT 028.162 Ode
Not about discussions, but offers an annotated list of thoughtful reading choices for boys. ...Read more...
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Honey for a Child's Heart : The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life by Gladys M. Hunt
J PT 011.62 Hun
This book was recommended to us as a great resource by a homeschooling mom. ...Read more...
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Literature Circle Guide Series
J PT 372.64
These short booklets published by Scholastic Professional Books feature one children’s title in each booklet, and suggest discussion questions and activities for those books.
WEBSITES
“Talk it Up!” from the Multnomah County Library in Oregon
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/
Provides information about how to start and run a book group and over 150 discussion guides to use with specific books.
Guidelines for Book Discussions, from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/discguide.asp
“Book Discussion Group Guidelines,” by Jim Trelease
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/whatsnu_discuss2.html
Washington Center for the Book: “Recommended Children’s and YA Books for Discussions”
http://www.spl.org/pdfs/ChildrenYARecReading.pdf
A Guide to Book Clubs from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/articles/bookclubs/main.html
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