Book Groups-September
Currently, at Mockingbird Books, I am the monitor of four monthly book groups. The first Friday of the month meeting time slot is not available at this time. I love helping book groups with their future selections. You may ask for suggestions any time, I truly enjoy the challenge of finding the right book fit for each particular book group. I welcome more book groups to the store. I will be at all of the book group meetings. I have Red Pyramid handouts from the Boys Book Group (10-14) available for free with book purchase at the bookstore, Mockingbird Books.(Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles book 1- Red Pyramid.)
New Girls Book Group (6-10 age) September Meeting Set
every third Wednesday of the month at 7pm
at Mockingbird Books
Our thirteenth meeting is set for September, and we have first, second, and third grade readers attending this new girls book group which will be meeting the third Wednesday of every month. Each child will select a book according to their individual reading levels. Our current selections are two book series: The Sister's Club by Megan MacDonald, author of the Judy Moody & Stink series; and/or How to Train Your Dragon written by C. Cowell ( any of 8 books in this series) too. Last year, we read the Baby Mouse series, Judy Moody series,and the Wind Dancer series by Sibley Miller.
How to Train Your Dragon series by C. Cowell from Little Brown $5.99 September selection/ or
The Sister's Club by Megan Mac Donald paperback $5.99
Graphic Novel Book Group (7-10 age)September
every second Friday of the month at 7 pm at Mockingbird Books
The twelfth meeting has come and gone.The Pizza was great ! This reading group has 3-4 boys so far (ages 7-10). We will read age approximate graphic novels and non graphic books too. We plan to meet one evening each month, and we are set with the 2nd Friday of every month at the bookstore, Mockingbird Books. Email me or stop by to sign up. Currently, we are reading the How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell,or Adventures of OOK & GLUK, Kung Fu Cavemen by Dav Pilkey. Some children have chosen other graphic novels and others have chosen books: just bring in your current read. Its your child choice, just pick any book and join us in August on the second Friday at 7pm for a delightful evening.
How to Train Your Dragon series Books1-5 now paperback $5.99 from Little Brown- September selections or Adventures of OOK & Gluk, Kung Fu Cavemen by Dav Pilkey $12.99 Hardcover.
Boys Book Group (11-14 age) September
every third Friday of the month at 7 pm at Mockingbird Books
We have pizza with pepperoni delivered at 7pm for the fine young men (ages 11-14). EVERYONE THINKS better on a full stomach, served with water, and sometimes a veggie tray. We discuss the book, sometimes there's a pop quiz, but no worries. There's no grade given. You must attend to have input into the next month's selection-the September selection is MockingJay ( third & final book of the Hunger Games series) by Suzanne Collins.. It's an anti-war theme series written for older YA readers ( 13 plus)!(Dystopian Novels)
Last month's choices were: Terry Pratchett's series with Tiffany Aching( books 1-3), Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Rifle book 1 of a 17 book series written about the Napoleonic Wars.
Please choose any book from the above mentioned selections, or bring in your current favorite book. We are a very relaxed and book loving group.
MockingJay by Suzanne Collins (hardcover only 17.99 Scholastic. September Selection.
Adults who read Children's Literature
every third Tuesday of the month at 7 pm at Mockingbird Books
We are a very friendly book group reading what we missed during our childhoods at the local library. Our past selections have been, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by B. Smith, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, and John Steinbeck's King Arthur and His Noble Knights, and Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks. You must attend to have input into the next month's selection. We hope to see you soon, and we would love to have new members. This past summer,we read the series by Virginia Euwer Wolff starting with Make Lemonade. She is a National Book Award winner with her second book in this series,True Believer,and finally the third book,This Full House. They are lovely quick books to read, too!
For September, we are reading Romancing Miss Bronte by Juliet Gael. It's her first book. It is available in hardcover only. This book is about Charlotte Bronte and her sisters and their history as women writers. It is often fascinating and full of emotional insights for us readers, who fell in love with the Bronte sister's books, especially Jane Eyre.
Romancing Miss Bronte by Juliet Gael, September selection $25.00 From Ballantine USA
Past Book Group Selections
Last year, at All For Kids Books & Music, the boys book group(11-14) read the 
following:
Herbie Brennan's series "Faerie Wars"
Bernard Cornwell's series "The Saxon Chronicles"
Michael Curtis Ford's "Ten Thousand- novel of Ancient Greece"
Lian Hearn's "Tales of the Otori" series
Mike Lupica's "Travel Team"
Mal Peet's "The Keeper" and "Tamar."
Kenneth Oppel's "Airborn" series.
Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson series ( all five books) & Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles) book one of three.
Eleanor Updale's "Montmorency" series