book club preparation

The first meeting of the mother-daughter book club is this Sunday. I am excited and so is M. We have about 20 pages to go in our book, Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister by Liz Kessler. I have read it aloud to both of my daughters during our bedtime routine. Even though S said she didn't want to listen to it, she climbs to the top bunk and snuggles with us and listens every night! M and I thought of some questions for the girls to discuss. I hope the discussion will take on a life of its own and not be so structured. That may happen as the meetings continue, but it will probably be a little robotic the first time.

M's favorite part so far has been dreaming and scheming about the craft project. In our Big Book of Fairy Things to Make and Do from Usborne Books, we found a great way to make a keepsake box with glue and tissue paper and lots of glitter. And what 8 year old girl doesn't love glitter? I think that is the winner of all the ideas in the book. In addition, if we have time, I have seen beads strung up on pieces of ribbon and charms hanging off the ends for fancy bookmarks at places like Borders and Barnes and Noble. I think we might head to Michaels craft store for the boxes and some charms and ribbon. We have plenty of beads to share. This might be a good thing to work on while the girls are arriving. It shouldn't take very long to string them up but it will be a nice way to mark their progress in the next book.

I am so glad M is enjoying the reading of the book and seems to like getting to choose what we talk about and what we make during the meeting. I hope the reality of it lives up to her expectations. I will write more about the meeting on Monday and let y'all know how it went. I will also post the next book club selection as soon as it is unveiled. Stay tuned....