Program

Are you a librarian, teacher, community leader, or parent interested in starting a book club for kids? Do you already run a kids' book club and want to inject new life into meetings?

Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp, co-authors of The Kids' Book Club Book, discuss what they learned in conversations with hundreds of youth book club facilitators and members across America. Gelman and Krupp will share the secrets of creating and sustaining a vital, exciting youth book club, including the nuts and bolts of organizing meetings, selecting books, and running discussions, as well as the creative ways that youth book clubs around the country are integrating food and activities into their meetings. The authors will also discuss the evolutionary process of writing The Kids' Book Club Book: locating hundreds of diverse book clubs across the country, identifying the titles that make book clubs tick; and working with best-selling children's book authors to pair terrific recipes and activities with their books.