Mother Daughter Book Club
For Girls Ages 8 to 11 and Their Mothers
Come enjoy discussions of amazing tween novels, create a craft, and have a treat! All while enjoying the friendship of other girls and their moms.
Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 in the Community Room, unless otherwise noted.
Book club reading copies will be available for checkout from the circulation desk about a month prior to the meeting. There is a limit of one copy per household.
Schedule
September 12, 2019—Kickoff with Books for Boys Book Club
October 17, 2019—Bunnicula
November 21, 2019—The Mother-Daughter Book Club
December 12, 2019—The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe*
January 16, 2020—The Creature of the Pines
February 13, 2020—Peter Pan*†
March 19, 2020—Riding Freedom
April 09, 2020—Artemis Fowl*
*combined with Books for Boys
†our On The Same Page Book event
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Reading List
October 17, 2019
Bunnicula
by James Howe
It looked like an ordinary bunny to Harold. But Harold was a dog by profession, so his judgement wasn’t reliable-as he was the first to admit. But Chester, Harold’s good friend…
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November 21, 2019
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
by Heather Vogel Frederick
The book club is about to get a makeover…
Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma’s already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother…
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December 12, 2019
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
NARNIA…the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy…the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe…
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January 16, 2020
The Creature of the Pines
by Adam Gidwitz
Elliot Eisner isn’t exactly excited about starting at a brand-new school in a brand-new town; he’d much rather stay at home and read a book. But things take an unexpected turn…
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February 13, 2020
Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie
Peter pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling’s proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael…
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March 19, 2020
Riding Freedom
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Charlotte Parkhurst is raised in an orphanage for boys, which suits her just fine. She doesn’t like playing with dolls, she can hold her own in a fight…
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April 9, 2020
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous—and extremely high-tech—fairies. He kidnaps…
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Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
William rated it ★★★★
Cathy rated it ★★★
October 17, 2019, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
Bunnicula by James Howe
It looked like an ordinary bunny to Harold. But Harold was a dog by profession, so his judgement wasn’t reliable-as he was the first to admit. But Chester, Harold’s good friend and house-mate, was a very well-read cat and he knew there was something strange about Bunnicula. For one thing, he seemed to have fangs. And the odd markings on his back looked a little like a cape. But when Chester started finding white vegetables drained dry, with two fang marks in them, he was sure Bunnicula was a vampire bunny.
So it was up to Chester-with Harold’s help- to alert the members of their household before another carrot was lost. Because as Chester warned, “Today vegetables, tomorrow the world!”
book 1 in the Bunnicula series
November 21, 2019, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
The book club
is about to get
a makeover….
Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma’s already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From stolen journals, to secret crushes, to a fashion-fiasco first dance, the girls are up to their Wellie boots in drama. They can’t help but wonder: What would Jo March do?
Acclaimed author Heather Vogel Frederick will delight daughters of all ages in a novel about the fabulousness of fiction, family, and friendship.
book 1 in the Mother-Daughter Book Club series
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Bekka rated it ★★★★★ and said, “The one that started it all! For the rest of my childhood, I looked for magic doors and closets I could walk through. It made me want to live in Narnia.”
Patty rated it ★★★★★
December 12, 2019, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
NARNIA…the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy…the place where the adventure begins.
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor’s mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.
book 2 in the Chronicles of Narnia series
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Miranda rated it ★★★★
January 16, 2020, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
The Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz
Elliot Eisner isn’t exactly excited about starting at a brand-new school in a brand-new town; he’d much rather stay at home and read a book. But things take an unexpected turn when he finds out his weird new teacher, Professor Fauna, has planned a field trip for Elliot’s very first day. Along with a new friend–brave, outspoken Uchenna Devereaux–Elliot gets caught up in a secret group of adventurers, The Unicorn Rescue Society, whose goal is to protect and defend the world’s mythical creatures. Together with Professor Fauna, Elliot and Uchenna must help rescue a Jersey Devil from a duo of conniving, greedy billionaires, the Schmoke Brothers.
book 1 in the Unicorn Rescue Society series
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Vivian rated it ★★★★
Cathy rated it ★★★★
February 13, 2020, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Peter pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling’s proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly (with a little help from fairy dust). He and Tinker Bell whisk them off to Never-land where they encounter the Red Indians, the Little Lost Boys, pirates and the dastardly Captain Hook.
March 19, 2020, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Charlotte Parkhurst is raised in an orphanage for boys, which suits her just fine. She doesn’t like playing with dolls, she can hold her own in a fight, and she loves to work in the stables. Charlotte has a way with horses and wants to spend her life training and riding them on a ranch of her own.
The problem is, as a girl in the mid-1800s, Charlotte is expected to live a much different life – one without freedom. But Charlotte is smart and determined, and she figures out a way to live her dreams with a plan so clever and so secret – almost no one figures it out.
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Vivian rated it ★★★★ and said, “This book earns high marks from me for turning my eleven-year-old here-to-fore non-reader into an avid reader and aspiring writer. Hooray! At her insistence, I listened to the book and must concede it is ingenious and deserves its long residence on the must-read-series list for tweens and teens.
The protagonist, Artemis Fowl, is a wealthy and spoiled prodigy of Irish extraction who, with his faithful manservant, pulls off impossible feats of strategy and theft. The twist found here-in is that the fairy-folk, whom Artemis finds a way to exploit, are actually ahead of us in technology and almost every other possible way. There is an array of characters that flesh out the story action, including a dirt-digesting dwarf, an I.T. genius centaur, a captive female leprechaun trained in reconnaissance, trolls — the works.
Great fun, great suspense, great sci-fi / fantasy. Artemis is Bourne for the middle-grade reader.”
April 9, 2020, at 6:30 in the Community Room.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous—and extremely high-tech—fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family’s fortune. But he may have underestimated the fairies’ powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?
book 1 in the Artemis Fowl series