Girls Book Group 2009 Reads

Kat Finds a Friend by Joan Stromberg (author "virtual visit" by phone!)


Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
trying scallops, making shell necklaces


Your Favorite "Little House" book
pioneer crafts


The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
drawing 100 dresses, talking about friendship


Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
making donuts (funnel cakes), talking humor


Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
making paper cranes to bring to Seattle's peace park, talking about war & peace


Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
talking about humor, family, movies v. books


Alvin's Secret Code by Clifford Hicks
making a cipher book, letter from Cliff Hicks!


Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
exploring pentominoes, talking mysteries


The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
India exploration (trying on saris, etc.), British/Indian food, talking about growing up


Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink



Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace
Lebanese food, making fudge, talking about B-T books


All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
making latkes, talking Jewish culture