Girls Book Group 2008 Reads

Frindle by Andrew Clements
dictionary work, talking about word choices


Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
making butter, talking about doing things ourselves


The Doll's House by Rumer Godden
making fairy dolls & fairy houses


Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
borrowing a baby, humor


The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
making bath soaps & scrubs, talking about entrepreneurship


The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
talking about favorite books that inspire us


The Father Brown Reader by Nancy Carpentier Brown
Author visit and Q & A !


The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
pioneer crafts


The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
making bacon, talking about journeys, books v. movies