Famous Lives: Book Talk

What's better than reading a good book? 

Sharing it with friends, of course! 
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2011-2012

TERM 1

Sept, 2011

Book Selection 1: Start reading  this selection by Aug 15.

The Railway Children (available online)

by Edith Nesbit

Also at Google Books, here.

Note: We will discuss the book at the 2nd meeting in September. Please pace readings accordingly. 

Book Selection 2: Start reading  this selection by Sept 1.

Pollyanna (available online)

by Eleanor Porter

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in September. Please pace readings accordingly. 

OR

 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (available online)

 by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in September. Please pace readings accordingly. 

Oct, 2011


Book Selection 1:  Start reading  this selection by Sept 16.

 A Little Princess (available online)

 by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Note: We will discuss the book at the 2nd meeting in October. Please pace readings accordingly.

Book Selection 2:  Start reading  this selection by Oct 3.

A Wrinkle In Time 

by Madeleine L'Engle

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in October. Please pace 

readings accordingly. 

Nov, 2011

Book Selection: Start reading  this selection by Oct 17.

Little Women (available online)

by Louisa May Alcott 

Note: We will discuss the book at the first meeting in December. Please pace readings accordingly.

Dec, 2011

Book Selection (Short Story): 

The Gift of the Magi (available online)

by O Henry

Note: We will discuss this short story at the second meeting in December. 

TERM 2

Jan, 2012

Book Selection: Start reading  this selection by Jan 2 (earlier, if necessary)

The Hobbit 

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in January. Please pace readings accordingly.

Feb, 2012

Book Selection: Start reading  this selection by Jan 16.

Pride and Prejudice (available online)

by Jane Austen 

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in February. Please pace readings accordingly.

Mar, 2012

Book Selection: Start reading  this selection by Feb 15.

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

by Roger Lancelyn Green

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in March. Please pace readings accordingly. (You may need to read over Spring Break.)

OR 

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (available online)

by Howard Pyle

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in March. Please pace readings accordingly.  (You may need to read over Spring Break.)

TERM 3

Apr, 2012

Book Selection: Start reading  this selection by Mar 19.

Out of the Silent Planet  

by C.S. Lewis

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in April. Please pace readings accordingly.

C.S. Lewis Online Resource here.




May, 2012

Book Selection: Start reading  this selection by Apr 16.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (available online)

by Jules Verne

Note: We will discuss the book at the last meeting in May. Please pace readings accordingly.