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BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Do you record important events in a journal? Twelve-year-old Galen includes drawings in the journal he keeps in the year 2 BC. You and your book club will enjoy reading about him in "Galen: My Life in Imperial Rome" by Marissa Moss.
May 6, 2007

Maybe you can be a famous author or illustrator too
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Have you ever dreamed of writing or illustrating your own book? You and your book club members can learn how to become accomplished authors, publishers and book designers with the help of some interesting reading.
April 22, 2007

'Rules': Coming to terms with an autistic brother
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Have you ever had to hide your feelings to please your friends? Then you will sympathize with 12-year old Catherine in Cynthia Lord's book, "Rules." It's a fitting book club choice for April because it is National Autism Month.
April 15, 2007

A professor sends his dreams aloft
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Did you know that April 12 is Look Up at the Sky Day? That's why this week is the perfect time for your book club to start reading William Pène Du Bois' "The Twenty-One Balloons."
April 8, 2007

A day to see green, help clean up Mother Earth
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Did you know there is a special day for thinking about our planet? It's Earth Day on April 22 — a worldwide event dedicated to the environment.
April 1, 2007

Houdini stories can make magical reading
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Have you ever wished you could perform magic? Then you and your book club will have fun reading about Harry Houdini, a magician who freed himself from handcuffs and chains and made an elephant disappear on stage.
March 25, 2007

Kids can discover delicious reading
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Have you ever been surprised when something wasn't what it seemed to be? Then you and your book club may have fun learning how to create foods that don't usually appear on the dinner menu.
March 18, 2007

Elderly neighbor considers pet goats her kids
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
Has an animal ever been a special member of your family? Goats were special to Noelie Houle, an elderly woman who lived in a rundown Massachusetts farmhouse. You and your book club will enjoy reading about her in "The Goat Lady," a true story written and illustrated by her neighbor, artist Jane Bregoli.
March 11, 2007

Start a kids' book club
BOOK CLUB
By Jo Perry
On March 1, children in England and Ireland celebrated World Book Day with read-athons. Here in the United States, kids celebrated the birthday of "Cat in the Hat" author Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) on March 2.
March 4, 2007