What's in a Name? The Story of Rump

We had a great book club meeting last week to discuss the book, Rump.  The discussion was very good and mostly centered around the power of a name.  The image below is something many of us could relate to....

After our discussion we played an awesome Jeopardy style game.  Yarn was spun into "gold" and Rump style snacks were served.  It was a fun meeting to discuss a fun book.

Next meeting is on May 30th at 7 to discuss the book, The Mother Daughter Book Club (something we should all be able to relate to :)).

A note from the author...

I sent an email to Gordon Korman to tell him how much we enjoyed Ungifted and he replied back.  Here is his note...

Looking forward to our next meeting.  April 27th to discuss Rump!  It looks and sounds like a very fun book!

A Gifted Meeting to Discuss Ungifted!

Angela and Ashley definitely proved themselves to be very gifted at organizing and planning with today's meeting.  From the moment we walked into the Ungifted School, we had fun.  We played "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?" By the way, the moms are not.  We also had robot snacks and the girls made robot crafts.  We loved Ungifted!

Next meeting will be on April 27th to discuss the book, Rump.

Mother Daughter Book Club

Book:  Ungifted by Gordon Korman

March 16th

1:30 – 3:30

Meeting Place:

1106 Evening Sun Lane, McGregor 76657

The Wonder of Wonder

We had a great meeting to discuss the amazing book "Wonder."  There was so much to discuss in the book and the conversation ranged from:

What in the book made us happy?
What made us sad?
Our favorite characters?

The girls all rated the book a 9 on a scale of 1-10.  With one girl even giving it a 9.5!

We ended our discussion by sharing precepts just like Mr. Browne did in his class.

Here are a few....

You are a good person if you try your best.
Be kind because everyone you meet is fighting a battle.
Love can cover a multitude of sins.
Smile; make people wonder what you are smiling about. :)
Just because something bad happens doesn't mean something good won't.
Don't worry about tomorrow, today is something special.
Just because something is true doesn't mean you need to say it.
Be joyful even though you have considered all the alternatives.
Forgiveness frees the soul.
Everyone should be accepted---no matter what!

And one that we discussed....

One day I hope to be as good of person as my dog thinks I am! 

Making our "Choose Kind" frames.

Next meeting is March 16th, 1:30, hosted by Ashley and Angela.  The book is "Ungifted."

Meeting today - Wonder

Email from Polly Horvath

We received an email from Polly Horvath, the author of "Everything on a Waffle."  

Hi Cheryl

Thanks for such a kind letter.  You all should do the sequel next - One Year in Coal Harbor.  I think mother daughter book clubs are such a great idea!

Best,
Polly

Next Meeting....The Candymakers

At our next meeting we will be discussing "The Candymakers."

Picture from our meeting and discussion.

Everything on a Waffle

Our last book before the summer break was "Everything on a Waffle" by Polly Horvath.  We really enjoyed the book and getting to "know" the main character, Primrose.  The book has a local restaurant in it called "The Girl on the Red Swing."  This local restaurant is different than most because everything is served on top of a waffle. The owner of the restaurant teaches Primrose how to cook and throughout the novel, there were recipes at the end of each chapter. The recipes are fun and we loved reading about Primrose’s journey throughout the novel.  For our meeting, we had a real treat because Angela and Ashley brought their own family recipe for waffles.  They were delicious!

We loved the book, all of the recipes, and the waffles.

Fun Discussion of Fern Verdant

We had a great meeting on April 21st.  We discussed "Fern Verdant and the Silver Rose."  Angela gave the party planning credit to Ashley and I must say, Ashley did an amazing job!  We went through some very thought provoking questions, played an awesome "How well do you know your mother/daughter" game, the girls made beautiful cards for the moms and lastly we all left with a beautiful silver rose.  It was a great  day!  Thanks so much Angela and Ashley....Lily and Fern would have been proud!

Over the next few weeks we will be reading “Everything on a Waffle” written by Polly Horvath.  The book was critically acclaimed and won a variety of awards, including the 2002 Newbery Honor so it should be very good.  Our next meeting will be on Sunday, June 2nd.

Silver Roses made by Ashley

Mother Daughter Game

Hannah and I put our roses together....maybe they are talking to each other???

We heard from the Met!

Letter

Gifts 

In the category of fun news....We heard back from the Met!  The wrote a very nice letter to all of us and think our book club idea is pretty neat.  They did reverse Angela and Ashley's name so it looks like Angela is the daughter and Ashley is the mom.  But that kind of fits the title of "The Mixed Up Files..." :)  We will bring the postcards tomorrow.

Speaking of which, hope to see you tomorrow at the home of Angela and Ashley where we will talk about Fern and her crazy adventures!  See you Sunday at 2!

New Book

Our next meeting will be on April 21st and the book is "Fern Verdant & the Silver Rose."  It looks like it will be another good read.

We had a fun meeting on Sunday.  All of us gave "The Mixed Up Files" a big thumbs up.  We played a mummy game as a reminder of the Egyptian room in the museum.  We had great discussions about the characters in the book and the story as a whole.  We ended the meeting with some great room designs.

First book

This was our first book for our book club.  We will be discussing it at our meeting on March 3rd.  We can't wait to hear how everyone liked the book and the characters.

Our very first meeting!