Each kit contains multiple copies of a title and a master book discussion guide. Borrow book club sets for your group pickering library. Our book club collection allows community book clubs to borrow a set of books to share amongst its members. Book club kits, lego kits, duplo kits, storytime kits, and big idea storytime kits. Book club sets a b book clubs research guides at vancouver. Kits may be checked out for 8 weeks and can be renewed once if there are no hold requests. The subtitles are the titles of the books that are available. Each kit has 10 to 12 books and a readers guide that will help with discussion ideas. Book club sets will be signed out to one vpl library card holder who will assume. Book clubs book clubs research guides at vancouver public. Resources for book club groups nebraska library commission.
Snoisle libraries and the snoisle foundation are proud to offer book discussion kits. Pick up your book from the library and read it ahead of time, then come to the meeting to talk about the story and have some fun. Book club kit selection is currently limited due to the salem public library move to an interim location in february 2020. In comes the letter writers alliance, a worldwide organization of letter writers that hosts broadcasted online. If youre like me, an introverted former english student, you may have an aversion to book clubs because they still feel too much like class, except they have wine. Book club kits can be borrowed by any book club or discussion group. No matter what your book club looks like, youll find this page is full of book club kits meant to foster discussion around a particular book, as well as articles by authors that give readers a little peek into their writing lives or insights into one of their books. To control costs our selections must be available in paperback.
Book club kits check out for 6 weeks, and anaheim public library cardholders in good standing may borrow two kits at a time. Defined by simple packaging and topnotch stories, from the first book on, elephant books offers an early readers book club for kids. Book discussion kits title plainfield public library. Pierce county library system offers special book group discussion kits for book discussion groups.
Washington county public library has created readytogo book club kits that provide readers with book copies for any group hoping to start a book club. The lists below do not reflect current availability. While our locations and book drops are closed until further notice, you can still access our digital collections, and reach us by phone or email. Book club kits hennepin county library hennepin county. Book club kits we know how difficult it is to choose a book for your next book group meeting, and to find enough copies for all the members of your group. What to do when theres no guide available and book group discussion tips and tricks. The merriam park book club meets the fourth monday a month from 6. Part of the librarys mission is to provide opportunities for personal success in reading and learning for everyone. A soucoyant is an evil spirit in caribbean lore, a reminder of past transgressions that refuse to diminish with age.
Book club sets a b book clubs vancouver public library. Read on for the best ways to find book discussion questions as well as my top ten generic book discussion questions that will work for anything you may choose. Funding for this collection was provided by the friends of the manitowoc public library. Book club kit search vancouver public library bibliocommons. Implement a book club at work they are or should be a key tool in employee development. An online club where you discuss books using your email. Book kits contain 10 copies of the same book, as well as supporting materials such as book discussion questions or author information. Eve of equality, a new feminist blog, becomes an overnight sensation when a wildly popular. Please stop by the service desk to inquire about kit availability. Find book club kits and videos of lisa discussing her books here.
Have a discussion with your book club about the ways your reading selection has changed each of you. Poles apart book club kit vancouver public library. The kit also has bookmarks and calendars for your meeting dates, but the best part are the discussion cards. I have two cardinal rules in selecting the best book club books. Book clubs for adults anaheim, ca official website. Book club kits poudre river public library district. Book club kit discussion guide beloved by toni morrison author. Here at wpl we offer a wide variety of book club kits, all ready to go. For a really personal touch, ask your book club members to bring in any. Weve made it easier for you by collecting donated and withdrawn copies of discussible books and putting all the copies in a canvas bag. Our collection contains a range of book club kits available for loan, that can be borrowed exclusively by book clubs registered with city libraries. The replacement cost for an entire kit depends on the cost of each book in the kit. Adult book discussion kits kentucky department for.
And what if youd just rather be at home in your pajamas. The kits include multiple copies of the book and a discussion guide. That member must have a current apache junction library card and will be responsible for the entire kit and its return. Book club for kids discussion questions, reading guide. Does your book club need a little help in creating conversation.
Book club kits contain 10 copies of a book, suggested discussion questions, an author biography, and a summary of the book, with all items provided in a convenient tote bag. A list of book clubs in british columbia, those with contact information are accepting. Information about book club kits 15 paperback books and a discussion guide in an easytocarry canvas tote bag over 240 kits for adults, teens and children kits can be checked out for six weeks reserve a kit up to two years in advance pick up a kit at any library in the. Click here, for a complete listing of available kits.
Reserve a kit using kitkeeper, our online kit reservation software. The pickering public library has book club sets to make it easier for book clubs to get the books they need to run a book club meeting. Within a discussion group, readers can focus their opinions, enhance their. Book club sets will be signed out to one vpl library card holder who will assume responsibility for returning the books to the library. Youll find popular new titles and timeless classics. These tasks may be delegated to other club members. New titles are added periodically and each discussion set contains between 1012 books. Book club kits the westmoreland library network provides over 100 book discussion kits for libraries and other communitybased book discussion groups. Book club sets l m book clubs research guides at vancouver. Oct 2, 2017 did you know that milwaukee public library has book club kits available for check out. Joining a book club can seem impossible, if you dont know where to look. New members are always welcome and its free to join. Each member now has a copy of the next book to be discussed without any extra work at all. Have a discussion with your book club about the ways your.
A book group kit is a canvas bag that contains everything that a book discussion group needs to read and discuss a book. Book club sets r s book clubs research guides at vancouver. For more information on changes to our services and current hours please see. For further details, contact the merriam park library at 6516420385. You can check out a kit and distribute the books among your book club members. Have a chapter of a new book sent to your email each day to see if you like the book enough to check it out from your library. If youre reading one of the books with your book club, or youre an individual reader looking for further information, check out the links below for resources, activities, recipes, and historical background.
These book club discussion questions solicit the best thoughts of your. Book club kits are created with the book club reader in mind. Kits are free to any library receiving courier delivery via infoexpress. Within a discussion group, readers can focus their opinions, enhance their understanding and gather new perspectives. Please, no backtoback reservations of the same kit. Selecting a book club book can seem as harrowing as the plot of a pageturner.
Join our friday afternoon book club at central library. Book club kits book club kits are created from the ransom librarys book discussion groups previous book talks. Book discussion kits are designed for book clubs and other groups to read and discuss the same book. Here are 14 book club ideas to encourage your team to continue to professionally and personally develop.
The kit includes the book club book, which is written to a girls pointofview, but it was helpful for me to look through as well. Some of the titles include rebecca, by daphne du maurier, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, by gail honeyman, and ramp hollow, by steven stoll. Book club kit this kit is designed to assist in the establishment and running of book clubs. Library offers book club kits to start discussions news. Listing of large print book discussion kits available updated 1242019 digital book discussion kits. And it applies to both their historical books and the modern books. A book club set is a canvas bag containing 12 copies of the same title along with book discussion questions.
From book themed activities to printable discussion questions to interviews with the authors, youll find plenty of inspiration for a. Until further notice, we are suspending loans on our book club bags. Whether theyre wielding political power, magic, swords, k. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. You may want to come up with consistent book club discussion questions to use every time your group meets to discuss the application of the books contents within your organization. As soon as it is reasonable to do so, we will make our collection available again. We also have sets of 8 kindles which can be loaded with any ebook title. Book club kits the merrimack valley library consortiums book group collection has 331 titles.
In one of my past book clubs, we literally only read books that included discussion questions at the end of the book because we wanted to be certain wed have a meaningful discussion. The indiana state library provides five types of kits for use by public library youth librarians across the state. Book club kits may not be returned in the book drop. Chatting about them in one of the librarys lively book clubs.
Book discussion kits can be reserved up to six months in. Book club kits indiana state library updated 6817 each kit contains 15 paperback copies of the title and a discussion guide. The kit contains spoilers that would ruin the mystery if you havent finished where the. Kits are located on the low shelves behind the adult reference desk. City of gold coast libraries book club kit collection. All quiet on the western front by erich maria remarque. The plainfield public library has a growing collection of book discussion kits available to lend to our patrons and fellow libraries who are seeking multiple copies of books for discussion. Should you ignore your 400page limit for the sake of discussing the goldfinch. Book club kits contain 15 copies of each title and a discussion guide. Winnipeg public library has book club kits for everyone adults, teens and children. In this beautifully told novel that crosses borders, cultures, and generations, a young man returns home to care for his aging mother, who suffers from dementia. Browse the following list as a team and vote on a favorite to get started. Kits also are available to seattle book groups that meet at members homes, businesses, churches, community centers, senior centers and retirement homes. Book club kits offer 10 copies of a title and a reading guide in a convenient tote.
I select the titles for our teen club and our ya for grownups book club, and then they become part of that collection. The kit is checked out to one group member who is responsible for all the materials. This list of book club books has nonfiction, chicklit, young adult and middle grade titles, history books and parenting books. Book group kits are only available to groups that have been receiving book group kits from the library prior to 2009. For details and a full list see vpl s online event calendar. Each kit includes 10 copies of a book for use by your club, biographical notes on the author, sample discussion questions and tips for a successful book discussion. Organizing a book discussion group just got easier. One great way to carve out time and fill the need for intellectual conversations are book clubs. Each kit has 10 copies of the chosen title and a discussion guide. Book club kits contain 15 copies of each title in paperback and a discussion guide. If you belong to a book discussion group or would like to start one, youre invited to check out our selection of book club kit titles. The kit must be returned with all the parts included. There are titles in french as well as kits for eal and adult literacy learners. Click on the title for more information and to see if the kit is currently available.
Studied humanities at howard and cornell universities, followed by an academic career at texas southern university, howard. The sets may be reserved through your local vpl branch and picked up there and can be returned to any vpl location. Welcome to brightlys book club for kids, where we encourage young readers to discover great books, share new stories, explore important topics, and have some bookish fun. Download this special book club kit pdf with questions for discussion, an indepth interview with author delia owens, and recipes from kyas cookbook spoiler alert. See the list of book club kits available or use the search term book club kit in the catalog. Book club sets will be signed out to one vpl library card holder who will. Individual members of a book club may not return copies to the library. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions.
Listing of regular print book discussion kits available updated 12302019 large print book discussion kits. The kentucky department of libraries and archives has partnered with the boone county public library to offer our customers access. The entire kit is checked out to one member of the group. Bags check out for 6weeks and must be reserved through kitkeeper.
Join us for lively and enlightening book discussions hosted by 15 of our library locations. To help limit the spread of covid19 virus, the vancouver public library has closed all locations effective march 16th until further notice. My library circulates book club in a bag kits, with 12 copies of a book. Should you opt for the true story of a valiant trek across the pacific northwest, or the underrated, lesserknown classic. If youre ready to start a book club, heres 40 of the best book club questions, for fiction.
Consider our big read book club guides available for check out from the library commission. This will be a great way for area groups to share not just the titles of what theyve read and enjoyed, but the books themselves. Resources for book discussions may be found at publishers websites, bound into some editions of the book. You can choose from more than 90 book club kits to find your book clubs next read. Most kits contain 1012 copies of the book with the adult kits including large print copies. Club members would then bring the books to the discussion at the end of the sixweek check out period and return them to the person who checked out the kit. The kit is brought to your discussion and the person who checked it out will sign out copies of each book to the club members. I have been a part of one or more book clubs for over 20 years, and i have learned a few things about what makes a book club successful and how to get your book club talking.
Your book club or discussion group can borrow multiple copies of one book a book club to go set. All book clubs at vancouver public library are free but most require registration through the locations the book clubs are being offered. Use the available now filter to determine which kits are currently available. We offer a variety of themed book groups as well, including. Book club kits are designed for public library book clubs, but can also be used for small reading groups at schools. After the discussion, you may discover an appreciation for the book that you never had before. Each kit checks out to one group member for a period of six weeks. Some of these are the best book club books from my own book clubs over the years and others are ones i wish my book club had read. My current book club group is much more casual, but perhaps too much so. You might also find surprises included along the way, like an author letter.
A book discussion group is a forum where readers can come together and talk about books and the reading experience there are adult groups, studentled groups, motherdaughter groups, fatherson groups, and parentchild groups, to name just a few. The book club kit is intended for people who have read and finished the book. A book club, which is also known as a reading group, is a gathering of people who meet regularly, either in person or online, to read and talk about books. Book club sets n q book clubs research guides at vancouver. Join fellow readers in a discussion of timely, topical and noteworthy works of fiction and nonfiction. All programs are cancelled and late fees are currently suspended, due dates and renewals are extended, and there is no charge for nonpickup of holds system. Adventure stories, laughoutloud books and graphic novels your next favourite read is waiting for you at tween book club. Each kit contains at least ten copies of the book and can be checked out by one member of the book club to share with other members. Book club in a bag kits typically have 1012 copies of a particular discussion worthy book. Check the online catalog using the title adult book club kit. Over 80 titles are available with more are added each year. Book discussion kits can be reserved up to six months in advance by calling the adult services department, 3149943300 ext 2030. The 15 best monthly book clubs for kids in 2020 cratejoy. The role of club coordinator in a book club as the book club evolves, the role of the group coordinator will change.
For book club resources from nebraskaccess, click here. Copies of books will be available at the corresponding library location one month prior to each discussion. The monroe county library system is making it easier for book clubs to find good titles to enjoy with enough copies for everyone with the introduction of book club kits. Book club sets f g book clubs research guides at vancouver. You can help us build our book club kits collection by donating copies of books your group has read. Born chloe anthony wofford, in 1931 in lorain ohio, the second of four children in a black workingclass family.
If you are currently in possession of a bookbag, please keep it for the rest of your sched. Books are selected from featured vpl book club sets. All programs are cancelled and late fees are currently suspended, due dates and renewals are extended, and there is no charge for nonpickup of holds. Book club kit resources westfield memorial library. Each kit contains copies of a readers guide to help you with topics for discussion. Drop off copies of your book club books at any madison public library location.
Try one of our book group kits complete with a set of 15 copies of the book and discussion questions. Nonprofit, personal development, and business book club ideas 1. Below are some tasks that should be addressed by the club coordinator. After a book has been discussed by the group, its multiple copies become a book kit. The book club tea tasting kit lists points for group discussions on each tea, questions and focal points for comparing taste experiences with other club members, and notes on discerning tea traits like hui gan and cha qi tea energy. These book groups have already been notified and should have received a. Kits are listed in the catalog as book group kits and may be placed on hold like any other item. Book is a complete guide to book clubs and reading groups with a collection of links and information for readers.
The honey bus begins with a swarmcatching expedition gone wrong, and grandpa has to rescue meredith from stinging. Interested in starting your own book club, or looking for some thought provoking reads for your existing book club. The library has over 200 kits of popular books for adult, teen, and childrens book clubs to checkout. You can also search the catalog for book club kits in general.