Free Children's Books Online

I came across a website on Pinterest where you can read free children's books online, both fiction and nonfiction picture books.  This is a great resource worth sharing with you, but it gets better.  First of all, by reading books on line you'll be doing good works, because for every book you read, they donate a book to a special reading program.  Better yet, I'll be able to read these on my Kindle to my grandkids.  And better yet, when I was checking out the site, I saw the picture book that has been written about our February book selection, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.  This boy's dream came about because of books that he had read.  One of the reading programs that you can contribute to is Harnessing the Power of Reading.  And best of all, FREE.  Here's the link:

http://www.wegivebooks.org/campaigns/harnessing-the-power-of-reading

2012 Update and Stuff

Kay will be our hostess, Melissa the discussion leader, and Mary Jo is bringing refreshments.  The book is The Daughter's Walk by Jane Kirkpatrick.  I've been reading it this weekend and love it.  I think there will be a lot of interesting things to discuss.

Thanks to Dani for taking over the book club e-mails.  I'll get a schedule made up that we can pass around and hopefully get volunteers signed up.

I got a Kindle for Christmas (which I love) and a few of our 2012 books have free downloads:
The Importance of Being Earnest
Frankenstein and Dracula
Letters of a Woman Homesteader  (possible pick)

I think a couple are in the $3.99 or less category too:
A Separate Peace
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
I bought A Daughter's Walk, so if anyone else has a Kindle, you can borrow it from me.  I just haven't figured out how to do that yet.

I also read a list of things that you should do to have a successful book club in an e-mail that Oprah sends to me.  I'm happy to report that we're doing all of them.  There was this idea for December that we might keep in mind for next year.

13. Take December Off
Nobody has time to finish a novel during the holidays. Have everyone bring in a short, memorable piece to read out loud, like a poem, a few paragraphs from a novel or article, or even a meaningful personal letter. 

Finally, I'm going to try to get our bookshelf restocked on the side of this blog.  I never know how to do it, but somehow I've gotten it to work the last couple years.

Is It Worth It?

Hmmm.  Maybe this blog will catch on this year.  It might be helpful to someone.  Someone might have time to post some things.  I'm hoping.