P/K Book Group
Parent/Kid book group is a monthly book club for kids, ages 7-16, and their grownups. Discussions are held the second Thursday of each month at 4pm and 7pm. Themed snacks provided. Registration encouraged. Attendees may register and pick up a copy of the current month's book from the front desk.
September
Wild Summer
by James DuBern
Fake it till you make it!
Rosie’s donkey sanctuary isn’t very popular. People want to see lions and gorillas, not rescue ponies and a washed-up race horse. With the bank manager threatening to repossess their home, Rosie and her mum come up with a wild idea; to turn it into a zoo.
There’s one small problem. They don’t have any exotic animals.
The determined duo don’t let that stop them. A horse painted like a zebra. A radio controlled sloth. A robotic python. So the fakery snowballs, until their zoo is packed with animals and delighted visitors.
The trouble is, snowballs have a nasty habit of melting in the hot summer sun.
october
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish.
These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
